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Draft Selections
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (WSH)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (WSH)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (WSH)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (WSH)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
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
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PHI)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (PHI)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (PHI)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (SEA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (PHI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (SEA)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (HOU)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall C
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureA+
The Commanders found their guy under center in Nix: C.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Bo Nix is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop. A weekend of give and take that grades a C.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Sainristil.

With interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

They will need Laube to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

So much rides on Bo Nix that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Bo Nix
In the 22nd overall pick they get a franchise quarterback. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Graham Barton
Fair-plus on Graham Barton, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick50 Rnd2 Kris Jenkins
A tidy little value on Kris Jenkins in the Round 2 slot, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick54 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
A quiet steal in slot 54: Xavier Worthy for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 3 with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick100 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
Mike Sainristil in No. 100 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Of all the spots to shop, they chose linebacker. Cedric Gray in the 123rd pick leaves interior defensive lineman for later.
Pick127 Rnd4 Dylan Laube
Dylan Laube in pick 127 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick141 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at the 141st overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick181 Rnd6 Roger Rosengarten
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Roger Rosengarten at slot 181. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick223 Rnd7 Trevor Keegan
Trevor Keegan at No. 223 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.