Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters has said on multiple occasions that he believes in building rosters through the draft. That is not an earth-shattering statement.
Almost every general manager in the NFL would agree. The draft is where teams stock up on the young, inexpensive talent needed to field a complete roster in the salary cap era. Peters’ words may carry a little extra weight because he learned the ropes of roster-building with the San Francisco 49ers — a franchise that has manipulated the draft process as well as any team in the league.
There are plenty of metrics you can use to evaluate how a team does in the draft.