In this series, I am highlighting Charlie Campbell’s reporting on why prospects slid in the 2024 NFL draft. Campbell is well connected with NFL team sources. He draws on this inside information to shed light on how NFL teams viewed prospects who were drafted later than expected every year in his Why the Slide? and Why Undrafted? series.
This year I thought it would be informative to recap his reports on players of particular interest to Commanders’ fans. The first report featured CB Cooper DeJean, who slid all the way out of the first round to the Commanders’ 40th pick, where he became the target of a trade by the Philadelphia Eagles.