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\"\"<\/a>Potential top-10 pick Miami DE Rueben Bain with the tackle against Virginia (Gary Ferman\/CaneSport)<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, I hosted NFL Draft analyst Fran Duffy from All City Network on the \u201cLast Man Standig\u201d podcast for a live first-round mock draft. Fran made the odd-numbered picks, leaving me the evens. <\/p>\n

Expect plenty of Commanders\u2019 commentary throughout the chat, along with specific discussions on Miami DE Rueben Bain, Ohio State WR Carnell Tate, Ohio State LB Sonny Styles, Auburn DE Keldric Faulk, Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love, Tennessee CB Jermod McCoy and Alabama QB Ty Simpson. Plus the NFC East squads and more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana<\/p>\n

Arvell Reese, LB, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami<\/p>\n

David Bailey, Edge, Texas Tech<\/p>\n

Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Rueben Bain Jr., Edge, Miami<\/p>\n

Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Spencer Fano, OT, Utah<\/p>\n

Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee<\/p>\n

Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU<\/p>\n

Makai Lemon, WR, USC<\/p>\n

Vega Ioane, IOL, Penn State<\/p>\n

Keldric Faulk, Edge, Auburn<\/p>\n

Jordyn Tyson, WR, Arizona State<\/p>\n

Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama<\/p>\n

Dillon Thieneman, S, Oregon<\/p>\n

Peter Woods, DT, Clemson<\/p>\n

C.J. Allen, LB, Georgia<\/p>\n

Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia<\/p>\n

T.J. Parker, Edge, Clemson<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Commanders chase elite athletes. It\u2019s the clearest clue to pick No. 7<\/a><\/p>\n

Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon<\/p>\n

Omar Cooper Jr., WR, Indiana<\/p>\n

Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, S, Toledo<\/p>\n

Akheem Mesidor, Edge, Miami<\/p>\n

Caleb Lomu, OT, Utah<\/p>\n

Blake Miller, OT, Clemson<\/p>\n

Avieon Terrell, CB, Clemson<\/p>\n

Denzel Boston, WR, Washington<\/p>\n

Max Iheanachor, OT, Arizona State<\/p>\n

Colton Hood, CB, Tennessee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Potential top-10 pick Miami DE Rueben Bain with the tackle against Virginia (Gary Ferman\/CaneSport) Earlier this week, I…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,7,6,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-859378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-commanders","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-washington","12":"tag-washington-commanders","13":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116364577300768048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859378","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=859378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}