In his first draft with the Commanders, Adam Peters raised some eyebrows by picking three players in the third round well ahead of where the media experts had expected them to be drafted. Those choices were reminiscent of a long-standing pattern in the 49ers’ drafts, raising questions about whether our new GM had picked up a bad habit of reaching in the draft from his former team.
Peters also pulled off a major steal, when Illinois DT Johnny Newton fell to the Commanders’ first pick in the second round. Both Peters and the media experts had expected Newton to come off the board much earlier in the first round.