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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (WSH)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (WSH)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Picks Received
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (MIN)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Players Gained
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T.J. Hockenson
TE
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
The Commanders won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-.

The Commanders clearly saw something nobody else did in Roger Rosengarten, taking him 35 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Very little went wrong, and the A- is earned.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The Burton steal is the beam this whole class leans on. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

Bottom line, with Laiatu Latu leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In pick 11 they get a premier pass rusher. A real need, handled.
Pick23 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In the 23rd pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Bo Nix
Good price on Bo Nix in No. 36, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick40 Rnd2 Graham Barton
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Graham Barton at Round 2, Pick 8 is the proof. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the Round 3 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
They barely believed it either: Jermaine Burton still on the board at pick No. 78. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick100 Rnd3 Roger Rosengarten
A big swing on Roger Rosengarten at pick No. 100, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick139 Rnd5 Josh Newton
The board fumbled Josh Newton all the way to the 139th pick, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick152 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick at the Round 5 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick222 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan slipping to the 222nd overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.