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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Commanders found their guy under center in Maye: B-.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Drake Maye is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

On value alone, Washington makes the weekend a net positive. Every board in the league had Suamataia lower, and that gap is the story.

They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the Round 1 slot they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
They reached into another round for Kingsley Suamataia, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick40 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Kamari Lassiter at pick 40 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick67 Rnd3 Bralen Trice
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 3 with a little surplus value in Bralen Trice. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick78 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They liked Dominick Puni enough to skip the value, taking him in the 78th pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick100 Rnd3 Theo Johnson
A big swing on Theo Johnson at No. 100, well ahead of any board in the building. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick139 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
A straight-up fair deal on Mason McCormick at slot 139, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick152 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
A reasonable price with a little left over, Tommy Eichenberg in the 152nd overall pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick222 Rnd7 Tahj Washington
Tahj Washington in Round 7, Pick 2 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.