Jayden Daniels in the NFL draft got an offensive lineman to protect him for the foreseeable future and a receiver prospect to complement Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel, and the Washington Commanders should be better on defense after upgrading their secondary.

On a night in which the NFC East got better, the Washington Commanders made a shrewd move by drafting offensive lineman Josh Conerly Jr.

What we discussed beforehand was if (Conerly) was on the board, we weren’t going to trade back,” Washington GM Adam Peters said.