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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (WSH)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (TB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (ATL)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (TB)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Players Gained
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Jessie Bates III
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Luke Goedeke
OT
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
The Commanders left with their quarterback, and a A- to match.

The board owed the Commanders one, and it paid up: Max Melton, the No. 111 name on the board, sitting there at No. 223 like a gift left on the doorstep. A near-flawless weekend of work, and a A- to cap it.

Whatever Jayden Daniels becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The phones were where this weekend was really won. That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The Van Pran reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. It is not that Stover is a bad player; it is that the Commanders had louder needs to answer first.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In pick No. 8 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Dallas Turner
They barely believed it either: Dallas Turner still on the board at the 36th pick. It fills a real need, too.
Pick43 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kamren Kinchens at the 43rd pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick58 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A straight-up fair deal on Edgerrin Cooper at the 58th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick67 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
This one needs a full-page explanation: Sedrick Van Pran in No. 67, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick74 Rnd3 Cade Stover
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Cade Stover at TE-EDGE with wide receiver and interior defensive lineman open.
Pick100 Rnd3 Jonathon Brooks
Jonathon Brooks in pick No. 100 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick102 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
No drama and no debate, Blake Fisher went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 2. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick141 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
No edge and no loss on Ben Sinnott in pick 141; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick181 Rnd6 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten at the Round 6 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick223 Rnd7 Max Melton
Somehow Max Melton was still sitting there in pick 223, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.