2024 NFL Draft Grades: Mel Kiper Jr and others are high on the Washington Commanders draft

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThere is a long tradition of people giving draft picks a grade less than 24 hours after they’ve been made. Some of them are spot on after the players have shown who they are after a few years in the league, and some of them look pretty bad. A lot of graders get stuck on their personal rankings, and will tank a player’s selection because of that. How a player fits with a team, and their needs plays a big part here as well.

The Washington Commanders did what most people expected them to do on Day 1, drafting LSU QB Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 overall pick. Adam Peters had five picks to work with on Day 2, and his first pick, Johnny Newton,…