{"id":849471,"date":"2026-04-02T15:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849471\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:20:24","slug":"nfl-draft-expert-predicts-commanders-to-make-controversial-mistake-in-latest-7-round-mock-draft-which-would-waste-a-top-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849471\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft expert predicts Commanders to make controversial mistake in latest 7-round mock draft, which would waste a top pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Commanders have a critical draft ahead, and one top NFL Draft expert predicted them to make the biggest mistake by taking an unnecessary position with the No. 147 overall pick.<\/p>\n

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The Washington Commanders are quickly approaching the 2026 NFL Draft with just three weeks remaining until they start to select the future of the franchise.<\/p>\n

They only have six picks to work with this year<\/a> after trading their second and fourth-round picks for LT Laremy Tunsil, which was well worth it, but they have to land quality players with all of them. One NFL Draft expert did a full 7-round 2026 NFL mock draft, and he had the Commanders wasting a pick on an unnecessary position.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Matt Miller has the Commanders drafting QB Taylen Green with the No. 147 overall pick<\/p>\n

It\u2019s mock draft season, and the Commanders are being linked to a lot of top talent, especially with the No. 7 overall pick<\/a>. They have to nail that pick, but they also have four of their six picks on day three, and they need to find underrated talent later in the draft.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s NFL Draft Analyst Matt Miller has the Commanders making a very controversial pick by selecting Arkansas QB Taylen Green at No. 147 overall, their highest day-three pick and their third pick in the draft.<\/p>\n

Taking their QB3 in the 2026 NFL Draft with their third pick is one of the worst scenarios for the Commanders. Yes, Green could be a really solid QB2 for the future, but there\u2019s no need to draft one. Sign another undrafted QB, and address the position next offseason if needed.<\/p>\n

They have Marcus Mariota for at least one more season, and that pick can go towards someone else. The Commanders have done their homework on QB Athan Kaliakmanis with a top-30 visit<\/a>, and he could go undrafted or be a late-round pick. Regardless, there\u2019s no need to waste a pick on a backup QB this year.<\/p>\n

How the Commanders should approach day three of the NFL Draft<\/p>\n

Having the majority of your picks on day three isn\u2019t ideal, but we\u2019ve seen them find talent in the later rounds like RB Bill Croskey-Merritt. The Commanders still have a lot of needs after an active free agency, and they could easily find WR and CB depth on day three, and I like a lot of the centers there as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Commanders need to find potential starters on day three, and not a QB3 who could just become a potential backup QB for his career in Washington. They can address the position next offseason, or after the draft, without using a valuable draft pick.<\/p>\n

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Washington Commanders News<\/p>\n

The latest 7-Round 2026 NFL Mock Draft has the Washington Commanders taking a playmaker on offense and rounding out the defensive changes with new starters at key positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Commanders have a critical draft ahead, and one top NFL Draft expert predicted them to make…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2069],"tags":[4955,427,7,4002,6,30,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-849471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-commanders","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-mock-draft","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-nfl-mock-draft","14":"tag-washington","15":"tag-washington-commanders","16":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116335795167827627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}