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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (WSH)
Kaimon Rucker
DL-EDGE North Carolina
Kenny Logan Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Kenny Logan Jr.
S Kansas
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (NYG)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NYG)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureA+
The Commanders found their guy under center in Maye: C+.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Commanders committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

Every board in the league had Logan Jr. lower, and that gap is the story. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up.

Pratt falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

If Drake Maye and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In No. 5 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
They took Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at par in the Round 2 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick48 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
The board had cheaper options than Kingsley Suamataia at pick 48, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick66 Rnd3 Cooper DeJean
A tidy little value on Cooper DeJean in the 66th overall pick, a step better than break-even. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick100 Rnd3 Devontez Walker
By-the-book stuff, Devontez Walker at slot 100 squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick102 Rnd4 Michael Pratt
Value with a capital V on Michael Pratt in the 102nd pick, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick139 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
They talked themselves into Ben Sinnott at pick No. 139, and the board did not agree. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick180 Rnd6 Kaimon Rucker
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kaimon Rucker this early at Round 6, Pick 5. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick223 Rnd7 Kenny Logan Jr.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Kenny Logan Jr.. A minor itch, scratched.