The Top Cat'S MOCK DRAFT
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The Top Cat'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 20, 2026

This will never happen!

  • The Top Cat DRAFTING FOR THE
    Commanders
Draft Selections
Keldric Faulk Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (WSH)
Keldric Faulk
DE-EDGE Auburn
Mansoor Delane Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (WSH)
Mansoor Delane
CB LSU
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (WSH)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (WSH)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (WSH)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Kayden McDonald
DT Ohio State
Jordyn Tyson Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jordyn Tyson
WR Arizona State
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (WSH)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (WSH)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Mansoor Delane Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (ARI)
Mansoor Delane
CB LSU
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kayden McDonald
DT Ohio State
Jordyn Tyson Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jordyn Tyson
WR Arizona State
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (ARI)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
Players traded away
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Ben Sinnott
TE
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Daron Payne
DT
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Jartavius Martin
S
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall D+
ValueA- NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Commanders and Sadiq: D+.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Commanders were there to profit. Kenyon Sadiq, the No. 19 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 217th overall pick.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Keldric Faulk
In Round 1, Pick 7 they get a problem off the edge. A real need, handled.
Pick65 Rnd3 Mansoor Delane
Mansoor Delane at the 65th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick71 Rnd3 Akheem Mesidor
They barely believed it either: Akheem Mesidor still on the board at slot 71. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick112 Rnd4 Dillon Thieneman
Dillon Thieneman at No. 112 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick147 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Sonny Styles in the Round 5 slot, plain and simple. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kayden McDonald
They robbed the room for Kayden McDonald here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick183 Rnd6 Jordyn Tyson
You do not let a wide receiver like Jordyn Tyson reach pick 183 and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick187 Rnd6 Logan Jones
The board fumbled Logan Jones all the way to pick No. 187, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick209 Rnd6 Jermod McCoy
Jermod McCoy in No. 209 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick217 Rnd7 Kenyon Sadiq
Steal is underselling it; Kenyon Sadiq at pick No. 217 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick223 Rnd7 Kaytron Allen
They will replay Kaytron Allen at the 223rd overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.