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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (WSH)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (ARI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Maye in the fold, and a B for the Commanders.

The Commanders spent the pick that matters most on Drake Maye, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

It is not that Eichenberg is a bad player; it is that the Commanders had louder needs to answer first. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Thomas Jr. at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick No. 4 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick21 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In No. 21 they get a sticky cover corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
Brian Thomas Jr. at slot 36 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick40 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ja'Tavion Sanders. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick66 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at the 66th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick67 Rnd3 Rod Moore
A straight-up fair deal on Rod Moore at Round 3, Pick 3, value and slot in agreement. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick100 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
By-the-book stuff, Dominick Puni at the 100th pick squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick102 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
A want over a need in the Round 4 slot: Tommy Eichenberg adds a linebacker while edge rusher, running back and other spots keeps waiting.