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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (WSH)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (WSH)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Josh Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (WSH)
Josh Proctor
S Ohio State
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Maye in the fold, and a B- for the Commanders.

Start where it matters. The Commanders took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. That James pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The cost of the Suamataia reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In No. 2 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
Ja'Tavion Sanders at pick No. 36 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick40 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A conviction pick on Kingsley Suamataia at slot 40 that the board grades a round light. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick67 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
They went early on Sedrick Van Pran in pick 67, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick101 Rnd4 Sataoa Laumea
They liked Sataoa Laumea enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 4 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick103 Rnd4 DJ James
Nice patience on DJ James, who had no business lasting to the 103rd pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick138 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg at the 138th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick181 Rnd6 Jha'Quan Jackson
Jha'Quan Jackson in Round 6, Pick 6 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick220 Rnd6 Josh Proctor
Good price on Josh Proctor in the Round 6 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.