The board owed the Commanders one, and it paid up: Oronde Gadsden II, the No. 180 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 7 slot like a gift left on the doorstep.

The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The roster is better shaped than it was, with tight end chief among the fixes. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

The Dakoda Shepley deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.