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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (WSH)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (WSH)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (ARI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Players Gained
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Budda Baker
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Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Daniels in the fold, and a B+ for the Commanders.

Start where it matters. The Commanders took Jayden Daniels to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

They are betting Bell proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. The Ali value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In the Round 1 slot they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick27 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In No. 27 they get a blindside protector at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick35 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
They took Bralen Trice at par in pick No. 35, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick36 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson in slot 36 is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick40 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
The board had cheaper options than Ja'Tavion Sanders at pick 40, and it noticed. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick67 Rnd3 Zach Frazier
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zach Frazier. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick100 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni in the 100th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick102 Rnd4 Jaheim Bell
A real head-scratcher, Jaheim Bell in Round 4, Pick 2 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick141 Rnd5 Drake Nugent
Drake Nugent at pick No. 141 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick181 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
They robbed the room for Chau Smith-Wade here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick223 Rnd7 Rasheen Ali
Rasheen Ali in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.