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Draft Selections
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (WSH)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Draft Picks Received
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (SF)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (SF)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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Colton McKivitz
OT
Players traded away
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Antonio Gibson
RB
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Chase Young
EDGE
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB
The Commanders bet the future on Williams. The board says D+.

The phones were a trap the Commanders kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. It grades a D+, and the process earned it.

Everything downstream of Caleb Williams depends on Caleb Williams, and the building knows it. Every board in the league had Eichenberg lower, and that gap is the story. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The Magee value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In the Round 1 slot they get their quarterback of the future. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Brian Thomas Jr. at slot 36 is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick40 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
Good price on Bralen Trice in pick 40, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
They robbed the room for Patrick Paul here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick95 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter in No. 95 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick100 Rnd3 Gabriel Murphy
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 100, where Gabriel Murphy graded well above the range. It fills a real need, too.
Pick102 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tommy Eichenberg well ahead of where he belonged. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick133 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
They paid a round early for Ben Sinnott in the 133rd overall pick, more than the board wanted. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick141 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Jarrian Jones in the Round 5 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick181 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. slipping to pick 181 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick223 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Jordan Magee at pick No. 223 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.