{"id":90959,"date":"2025-05-30T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/90959\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:41:17","slug":"commanders-draft-josh-conerly-jr-with-no-29-overall-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/90959\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders draft Josh Conerly Jr. with No. 29 overall pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Commanders have selected Oregon tackle Josh Conerly Jr. with the No. 29 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

Conerly, a former five-star recruit from Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, is a young player with the tools to be a prototypical starting tackle at some point in his career. At 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds, Conerly is a physical blocker in the run game who knows how to finish. In his first year as a starter, he posted a run-block grade of 66 on 317 running plays.<\/p>\n

Where Conerly thrives the most, however, is as a pass-blocker. Back in 2023, he was part of an offensive line that allowed just five sacks all season. He allowed just one sack and two quarterback hits, which helped him post a 76.9 pass-blocking grade.<\/p>\n

“He sees twists and blitzes developing and recovers with athleticism when beaten,” **wrote NFL.com analyst Lance Zierlein.**<\/a><\/p>\n

Conerly was even more effective in 2024. He allowed just one sack and five pressures — nine fewer than he did in 2023. That sack came in Week 2 against Boise State. He kept quarterback Dillon Gabriel off the ground for the rest of the season, allowing only two quarterback hits.<\/p>\n

The Commanders have been dedicated to protecting Jayden Daniels — their No. 1 asset. They traded for left tackle Laremy Tunsil and drafted Brandon Coleman last season. Now, they add one of the top offensive linemen in this year’s class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Commanders have selected Oregon tackle Josh Conerly Jr. with the No. 29 overall pick in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,7,1806,6,15,1805],"class_list":{"0":"post-90959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-draft","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-football-news","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-draft","13":"tag-subsection-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114597546257528007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90959","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=90959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}