Jayden Daniels pick puts smiles on faces of Commanders fans

Survey results!!

The choice of former LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels was graded with an “A” by 73% of fans following Thursday night’s first round. When you include the 18% who voted to award a “B” to Adam Peters, 91% of respondents in our survey seemed to be giving a big ‘thumbs up’ to the General Manager for his first-ever draft pick as Washington’s head of football operations.

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Given that there had been months of discussion surrounding the pick, it was certainly no surprise. Those who didn’t award an “A” to the Commanders mostly seemed to be disappointed at what the team didn’t do. That is, they didn’t draft Drake Maye, JJ McCarthy, Michael Penix, or Bo Nix, each of whom was favored by some fans. The team didn’t trade up (though few were calling for this to happen) or down (which was something a lot of Hogs Haven readers were calling for). The team didn’t trade up to make a second Thursday-night pick of an offensive lineman to protect the investment in Daniels as many had expected them to do.

In his late night press conference following the end of the first round, Peters said that the team had explored options for getting a second pick, but that nothing materialized. That means that the Commanders enter Day 2 of the draft with 5 total picks in the second and third rounds (Nos. 36, 40, 67, 78, and 100). We will all be hoping that Peters’ reputation for prowess in the middle and late rounds is well-deserved.

We are on the cusp of a franchise-defining day.