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SNIDER: Trust no one over Commanders' pick

By Rick SniderApr 10, 2024

Psst – I have a “source” that says the Washington Commanders are taking quarterback Jayden Daniels with the second overall pick.

My source is a trusted basement blogger whose second cousin is married to a friend of someone who works in Commanders Park, not in football ops but still hears things in hallways.

Wait, no, I just got off the phone with a “source” that says Washington is all in on Drake Maye. I trust him more than my “source” who delivers food to the park and says he saw a coach watching video of J.J. McCarthy.

Folks, it’s lying season as the NFL approaches the April 25-27 draft. And, NFL personnel don’t consider lying a sin.

There are more smokescreens than a Civil War battlefield. Everyone is lying through backchannels. Everybody is a double agent trading misinformation for more information.

Translation: don’t believe a thing you hear until NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says, “With the second pick of the 2024 draft, the Washington Commanders select..."

Oh wait, ESPN just cut to commercial.

The national media seems centered on Daniels as the Commanders’ pick. But here’s the thing – there’s no penalty for being wrong. They aren’t shamed, lose their jobs or penalized. They just move on to the next pick, so taking a stand on sand rather than granite is easy. They aren’t smacked down for being wrong and talking about “sources.”

This year is harder to crack the Commanders war room than ever. The new owner isn’t telling people. The new team president or GM isn’t leaking trial balloons to favored national media. The new coach isn’t making the decision to tip others.

The Commanders likely won’t make their decision until after Daniels visits on Monday. Whether he can work chalkboard plays, sound like a reasonable person and pass medicals will determine if Washington takes Daniels or Maye, though some inner voice says watch out for McCarthy.

Until then, nobody knows who Washington will take.

Meanwhile, Washington has a few other major concerns sucking away time, aside taking phone calls from teams with possible trades for the second pick. Washington desperately needs a left tackle. It shouldn’t invest heavily in a rookie passer and not protect his blind side. That would be foolish.

The first round is flooded with offensive linemen. Eight may go in the first round. Washington should consider trading back into the first round like it did in 2019, when giving Indianapolis two second-rounders to select Montez Sweat 26th overall.

Washington can still find a left tackle in the second round, but he may be the sixth best one. Is that what they really want protecting the No. 2 overall pick? This decision is made on the fly as Washington watches the first-round board remove options. It’s here where we’ll see general manager Adam Peters’ rise or fall. Anyone can make the second overall pick. Let’s see what Peters does with those two seconds.

For now, Commanders Park is on lock down so anyone with a source is just speculating without fear of penalty.

Well, except me. My “source” says they’re taking...

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