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Washington general manager Adam Peters entered the 2025 NFL draft with only five selections after trading for veterans Marshon Lattimore, Deebo Samuel and Laremy Tunsil. The GM would love to add more picks, but made it clear that if the Commanders loved a player on their board, they were not trading the pick.
That's the scenario Washington faced Thursday when it was on the clock at No. 29 overall in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft. Oregon offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. was on the board when it was time for the Commanders to pick. Instead of quickly turning their card in, Washington used the allotted 10 minutes. Why? Peters said he was fielding calls from teams interested in moving into the spot.
However, Peters said he and his staff discussed various situations beforehand, such as Conerly being available when it was their turn to pick. If he was, they weren't moving. That's what happened.
"We got a ton of calls when we were on the clock," Peters said. "We got calls throughout the week, just preliminary calls, like we talked about earlier in the week in our presser. And then we got a ton of calls leading up to that. And what we had discussed beforehand is really if he was on the board, we weren't gonna trade back. And so, there was an opportunity to trade back with a few other teams and wasn't very far, but in our minds it was not worth even risking missing on him.”
That should make Washington fans feel good. There was no panic here. This isn't the previous regime. Peters and his staff planned for everything, including the exact scenario they were in on Thursday. Not only did the Commanders get a player they loved, but it was a consensus choice. And, it was a player they had rated as the highest on their board at that particular time.
Most importantly, Peters recognized the importance of protecting Jayden Daniels and spent the entire offseason building around his star passer.
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: NFL teams were interested in trading for Commanders' 1st-round pick
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That's the scenario Washington faced Thursday when it was on the clock at No. 29 overall in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft. Oregon offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. was on the board when it was time for the Commanders to pick. Instead of quickly turning their card in, Washington used the allotted 10 minutes. Why? Peters said he was fielding calls from teams interested in moving into the spot.
However, Peters said he and his staff discussed various situations beforehand, such as Conerly being available when it was their turn to pick. If he was, they weren't moving. That's what happened.
"We got a ton of calls when we were on the clock," Peters said. "We got calls throughout the week, just preliminary calls, like we talked about earlier in the week in our presser. And then we got a ton of calls leading up to that. And what we had discussed beforehand is really if he was on the board, we weren't gonna trade back. And so, there was an opportunity to trade back with a few other teams and wasn't very far, but in our minds it was not worth even risking missing on him.”
That should make Washington fans feel good. There was no panic here. This isn't the previous regime. Peters and his staff planned for everything, including the exact scenario they were in on Thursday. Not only did the Commanders get a player they loved, but it was a consensus choice. And, it was a player they had rated as the highest on their board at that particular time.
Most importantly, Peters recognized the importance of protecting Jayden Daniels and spent the entire offseason building around his star passer.
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: NFL teams were interested in trading for Commanders' 1st-round pick
Continue reading...
