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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Higgins should have been long gone. The Commanders pounced, and earned a B.

The Commanders did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Jayden Higgins fell into the Round 5 slot. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
They read the board right and Jahdae Barron was the payoff at pick 29. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick61 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Aireontae Ersery in slot 61. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick79 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Dylan Sampson in Round 3, Pick 15 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It fills a real need, too.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick207 Rnd6 Chase Lundt
Chase Lundt at No. 207 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick238 Rnd7 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams at the 238th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick250 Rnd7 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant in the 250th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.