The real work happened on the phones. The Commanders fleeced their trade partners, turning their picks into a noticeably bigger pile than they started with. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

They banked enough surplus on Metcalf to cover a lot of smaller sins. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Adding Tee Higgins by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.