The Washington Commanders own the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft, and there has been some speculation that the Commanders could potentially trade the selection.
Of course, it has also been fan and media conjecture rather than anything concrete, and Commanders general manager Adam Peters has put to bed any notion that Washington could move its first-rounder.
“We feel great about staying at No. 2,” Peters said Thursday, via Nick Shook of NFL.com. “I don’t see a whole lot of scenarios where we trade down, to be honest with you. We feel great about staying there.”
The general consensus is that the quarterback-needy Commanders will take either LSU’s Jayden Daniels or North Carolina’s Drake Maye, and the feeling is that they are leaning toward Daniels.
The fact that Washington traded Sam Howell to the Seattle Seahawks last month should tell you all you need to know about whether or not it plans on drafting a signal-caller.
Peters added that the Commanders are close to finalizing a decision on who they will choose at No. 2.
“We’re real close,” Peters said. “There’s still a few more things in the process we have to do. As you guys are maybe getting, I’m pretty process-driven, process-oriented, so we have the debrief on our 30 (prospect) visits with the whole staff, talking about everybody there. We haven’t done that yet. Then later tonight we have a medical meeting, as well, to go over all the medicals in the combine and get that information as well and just ask pointed questions, if there are any, on certain players if we have some questions on that.”
Washington is coming off of a miserable 2023 campaign in which it went 4-13, losing nine straight games to end the season.
The Commanders have needs up and down the roster, which is why some have suggested that they should trade down to accumulate more picks.
However, Washington finally has the opportunity to add a legitimate franchise quarterback, so it seems hard to imagine the team passing up on that chance.
We’ll see what the Commanders decide to do next Thursday.
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