The Washington Commanders have made their first pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, taking Ohio State LB Sonny Styles with the 7th overall pick. Styles is an athletic freak who will immediately become a key piece to a defense that is being remade under new defensive coordinator Daronte Jones. Future Hall of Famer Bobby Wagner […]
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Draft day is finally here and Washington has made their pick! The Commanders selected Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State with the 7th overall pick. Washington adds one of the best defensive players in this year’s draft, and a player they expect to play a big role in new defensive coordinator Daronte Jones’ defense. Head coach […]
The mock drafts are(almost) done and it’s just about time to get to the 2026 NFL draft. Washington enters the draft with the No. 7 overall pick. General manager Adam Peters goes into this year’s draft with six picks after multiple trades last year. The action starts tonight at 8 p.m. ET, and continues through […]
The NFL draft is here, and starts tonight at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. The Commanders have held their annual Top 30 group visit at TopGolf and hosted 37 local prospect recently as they finalize their big board. Washington began recalibrating the team in free agency, and now turns to the draft to bring in more […]
Another draft season is drawing to a close, and we’ll soon find out which prospect will get ready to take command. All of the questions we’ve had during the offseason will soon be answered. Will Adam Peters, Dan Quinn, and the rest of the Commanders’ brass stick and pick at #7, or trade out? If […]
Commanders links Articles The Athletic (paywall) How much does positional value matter as Commanders mull No. 7 pick? Here’s what we know: In the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday night, the Washington Commanders will likely draft edge rusher Arvell Reese or linebacker Sonny Styles or running back Jeremiyah Love or cornerback […]
The DraftBot is back, just in the nick of time, to provide its final mock draft of the 2026 draft cycle. We were lucky that it made it in time. I had to drive out to Amberly Airforce Base, west of Ipswich, in the wee small hours to unload it from the back of a […]
The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. ET, and we won’t have to wait too long to see who the Washington Commanders select. The league has shortened the time teams have on the clock in the first round from 10 to 8 minutes in an effort to reign in an event that […]
With the countdown to the draft at less than 15 hours (and ticking), it seems like a good time to take a look at the Washington Commanders roster in the form of a depth chart. As things stand at the moment, the team has 75 players on the roster. There are 38 players on defense, […]
There was a lot of discussion around the “final” mock draft I put out earlier today, so I wanted to at least give you the one I had originally planned on publishing as my “final”, until changing my mind and going a different direction last minute. The algorithm here is the same, using the same […]
Jake Slaughter, CSchool: University of Florida | Conference: Southeastern ConferenceCollege Experience: Redshirt Senior | Age: 23 (Week 1)Height / Weight: 6’5” / 303 lbsProjected Draft Status: Late 3rd-4th RoundPlayer Comparison: Jake Majors/Joe Tippmann Player Overview Jake Slaughter is a zone-blocking center with good footwork. He thrives in pass protection where he combines his footwork and quick eyes to find and mirror blockers. This […]
The draft is a day away and with that comes my final mock draft for Washington for this year’s cycle. As always, my draft algorithm is the player who represents the most value on the board at a position of need for the Commanders. As I did last year, I will be using my draft […]
Football is ultimately intended to be a form of entertainment. But things can get pretty intense on a forum like Hogs Haven as passionate fans debate the latest mock draft, and argue about what their team’s GM has to do at each pick to avoid disaster and elevate the team to perennial championship contenders. To […]
It’s been a long, winding road, but we’re almost there. The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off tomorrow night, and we’ve got another mock draft with a different pick for the Washington Commanders at No. 7 overall. Adam Peters adds one of the top offensive players after using free agency to rebuild the defense. 1. Las […]
De’Zhaun Stribling, WRSchool: University of Mississippi | Conference: Southeastern ConferenceCollege Experience: Senior| Age: 23 (Week 1)Height / Weight: 6’2” / 207 lbsProjected Draft Status: 3rd RoundPlayer Comparison: Bigger Torrey Smith College Statistics Receiving & Rushing Table Receiving Rushing Scrimmage Season Team Conf Class Pos G Rec Yds Y/R TD Y/G Att Yds TD Y/G Plays Yds Avg TD Awards 2021* Washington State Pac-12 […]
Commanders links Articles The Athletic (paywall) Commanders NFL Draft big board: 24 potential fits spanning all 3 days Day 3 The Commanders have four picks over the last four rounds: a fifth-rounder (No. 147), two sixths (187 and 209) and a seventh (223). Demond Claiborne, RB, Wake Forest Described by Brugler as “a low-calorie De’Von […]
The 2026 NFL draft starts tomorrow night at 8 p.m ET, and will be broadcast live from Pittsburgh, PA. Scouts, coaches, and executives have spent years studying the prospects who will hear their names called this weekend. After their final college season, there were all-star games, the Combine, pro days, private workouts, and Top 30 […]
Did you say a contest??!! Just in case you haven’t heard, the draft is scheduled from 23-25 April, 2026. Back in 2017, around this time, I decided to create a different kind of draft-prediction contest, which I called the “Draft Pick 3”. That contest has returned annually in one form or another for each of […]
Commanders links Articles Commanders Wire What are the best and worst Commanders’ NFL draft picks since 2000? As we get closer to this year’s draft, CBS Sports analyst Bryan DeArdo recently looked at every NFL team’s best and worst picks since the 2000 NFL Draft. Best pick: OT Trent Williams (No. 4 overall, 2010) A surefire Hall of […]
NFL Draft week is finally here and with that, we are inching closer to having concrete results after months of chatter, rumors, and overall propaganda regarding one of the biggest annual events in all of sports. A little over a month ago we put out the 1.0 version of my mock draft, which included zero […]
With the 2026 draft just a few days away, it is time to unveil my annual Washington Commanders Little Board. The big name draft analysts and media outlets all have their Big Boards, listing 100 to 300 prospects. That’s a lot of names for the casual Commanders fan to wade through to find the 6 […]
Commanders links Articles Bullock’s Film Room (subscription) Ranking Commanders Draft Options at 7 1. Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame. For me, Jeremiyah Love is the best prospect I’ve studied in detail this year. There are very few faults in his game. He’s incredibly explosive, has outstanding short area quickness and long speed to go with […]
It’s draft week, which means the rumor mill will be kicking into high gear for Thursday night’s event in Pittsburgh. The Washington Commanders currently hold six picks, with No. 7 starting off their draft night(barring any trades up or down). There has been a lot of speculation on who Adam Peters will probably won’t draft, […]
Last, but not least in the series of draft position roundup is Center. Wide Receiver Cornerback Linebacker Safeties Center Adam Peters was active in the first wave of free agency, with multiple additions on defense and offensive skill positions. The two biggest remaining needs he was unable to address were Wide Receiver and Center. Washington […]