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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (WSH)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (WSH)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cooper DeJean
DB Iowa
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (WSH)
Rod Moore
DB Michigan
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (WSH)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (WSH)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (WSH)
Raheim Sanders
RB Arkansas
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (LAC)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LAC)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesD+ FutureA
The Commanders bet the future on Daniels. The board says B.

The search is over. The Commanders handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Sanders. The DeJean pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end, cornerback and other spots. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
They did well to land Jayden Daniels in pick 12, just ahead of his grade. The roster fit checks out.
Pick36 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
A quiet steal in the Round 2 slot: Emeka Egbuka for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
Value with a capital V on Taliese Fuaga in pick No. 39, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick71 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
Taking Johnny Wilson in No. 71 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick100 Rnd3 Cooper DeJean
A curious use of slot 100. Tight end, cornerback and other spots needed the pick; a defensive back in Cooper DeJean did not.
Pick107 Rnd4 Rod Moore
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Rod Moore adds a defensive back and leaves tight end, cornerback and other spots untouched.
Pick144 Rnd5 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in Round 5, Pick 8 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick185 Rnd6 Tahj Brooks
Tahj Brooks in the 185th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick228 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
Circle this one: Raheim Sanders at the 228th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.