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  • ajtheknight DRAFTING FOR THE
    Commanders
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (WSH)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (WSH)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (WSH)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (WSH)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (LV)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (CHI)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (ARI)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Davante Adams
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Daron Payne
DT
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA
The Commanders left with their quarterback, and a A- to match.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. J.J. McCarthy is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. Reaching for Sinnott left real value on the table behind him.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 9 they get a blindside protector at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick27 Rnd1 J.J. McCarthy
In pick 27 they get the face of the franchise, though the board says they badly overpaid.
Pick40 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
Chris Braswell at Round 2, Pick 8 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick67 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
A conviction pick on Sedrick Van Pran at slot 67 that the board grades a round light. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick101 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
A big swing on Ben Sinnott at the 101st overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick138 Rnd5 Josh Newton
Josh Newton slipping to the 138th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick181 Rnd6 Steele Chambers
Steele Chambers at the Round 6 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick220 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
Taking Cornelius Johnson in pick No. 220 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.