The Commanders Have A Great Opportunity In NFL Draft I BMitch & Finlay

Tobi discusses what he thinks the Commanders need to do to capitalize on an opportunity to improve in the NFL Draft.

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00:00getting back into the commanders you know with some of the moves that they've made this offseason

00:06i don't know that i felt great about them but i do feel like they have set themselves up so that

00:12they go into the draft now where they're fine and when you look at what their options are pick number

00:1829 i think trading down to me makes the most sense but at some point too you have to consider that

00:25they need to add elite players still and so there's a balance there if you're adam peters

00:32where they're missing draft picks because they've traded a lot of them there was a lot that went

00:36into the laramie tonsil deal there were a lot that went into the marshall latimore deal obviously

00:40didn't cost a lot for the debo deal when you look at the number of picks that they have traded

00:45versus you might like all three of those deals individually but when you look at the collective

00:51maybe you still feel fine about it but there is no denying that they gave up a lot of draft picks

00:55and so they drafted a lot of dudes last year you know they had nine guys drafted they made the team

01:00they got a couple undrafted guys as well tyler owens was a good special teamer and you know i

01:04think they still have high hopes for jordan mcgee and luke mcafree and ben sinnett and johnny newton

01:09and some of those guys so i i think that they still have some hope for some of the guys that

01:14maybe didn't have a good rookie season but they have flexibility and sometimes we look at these

01:19things and yeah it's nice to have a a quantity of volume of guys but if you get a chance at a real

01:27legit edge rusher or whatever they deem most valuable or best player available if they have

01:32someone that they thought was gone at 15 but it's suddenly they're at 29 i wouldn't blame them on

01:37taking the pick there and making it and and finding out if they can get some more blue chip talents on

01:41this team because really i think at that point that's kind of the stuff that's that's lacking

01:46for this team is the the true difference makers the true star players on this team i think is kind

01:51of what's lacking because you feel good about the depth at this point i think but i think at 29 if

01:56you have the opportunity to get a stud to add some more top end talent to this team jp i think that's

02:03going to make a lot of sense yeah i agree with you tobe i i think there's a better chance of trading

02:10back than landing the game changing stud at 29 but there's something that prevents it from happening

02:16i mean kiddo was what a third rounder our kiddo was a fifth rounder it was a fifth

02:20warner was a third well and this is my other point about this jp that some people look at and say well

02:24now all their first round picks are going to be late and it's practically a second rounder

02:28miss me with that because this is what they get paid to do like you don't get off the hook

02:33or draft picks because you're picking 29th because you're good all of a sudden you got

02:36to hit your draft picks it doesn't matter where you pick whether you're picking second overall

02:39whether you're picking 29th overall you have to hit your draft pick that's what those scouts get

02:43paid for that's why adam peters gets paid the big bucks you've got to hit on these draft picks

02:47and i think they will but it'll be interesting to see how they maneuver in the draft