I firmly believe that Adam Peters wants out of this pick in a bad way. After trading away seven picks since October, a man who believes in building through the Draft certainly wants more than four picks this weekend. Adding value in rounds 2-5 is paramount, especially in a Draft where the difference between picks 10 and 70 might be minimal.
If Washington sticks-and-picks, I expect they'll choose best-player-available at EDGE, CB, WR, RB in that order. I believe Dan Quinn would love a player with the length and advanced move-set of an EDGE like Donovan Ezeiruaku, but he's gone in this scenario. If Quinn could pick his top CB, I'm fairly certain he would take former Michigan Wolverine Will Johnson because of his fit on the outside. As for the other positions, WR Emeka Egbuka and RB TreVeyon Henderson are firmly within reason at 29.
Now to the player at hand-Jahdae Barron is going to be a great NFL player, and I believe the league has learned its lesson letting
versatile defensive backs drop in the draft (Cooper DeJean, Brain Branch, etc.). If Quinn picks him, he likely believes Barron can play on the outside, as the Commanders already have two smaller CBs that are best in the slot in Mike Sainristil and Jonathan Jones.
If Marshon Lattimore can return to form, a CB trio of Lattimore, Sainristil and Barron would be a formidable group. Dan Quinn does like to move players around, so I would expect Sainristil and Barron to demonstrate tremendous position flex outside the hashes and in.
-Kennedy Paynter, Senior Draft Analyst (
@Kennedy_Paynter on Twitter)