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The Washington Commanders filled nine position spots with their nine picks in the NFL Draft ensuring to spread the ability to bring fresh talent into important roles as much as possible.

While they didn’t land a left tackle early in the draft the way many thought they might the Commanders took great strides toward resettling the foundation of their roster for 2024 and the future to come.

One position Washington didn’t address in the draft was outside at the cornerback position.

While general manager Adam Peters took two defensive backs during the weekend neither of them is projected to play a role on the perimeter, and that’s where Ben Standig of The Athletic said on a recent episode of Locked On Commanders – and in a recent article for the popular sports new site – the team’s biggest need might still reside.

They have Emmanuel Forbes and they have Benjamin St-Juste, they have Mike Davis who they signed in free agency, they have (Mike) Sainristil who they just drafted, and then you’ve got your Christian Holmes’s of the world,” Standig said. “I think the thing for me is how much is the new coaching staff going to improve these guys? Forbes obviously had a really rough rookie year, St-Juste at best plateaued, if not maybe regressed a little bit, but I think I really do give the secondary a bit of a pass because of the coaching situation.”

In 2022 St-Juste started the year as a nickel cornerback playing inside while veterans Kendall Fuller and William Jackson III manned the outside spots.

After Jackson was benched and subsequently traded, however, St-Juste moved outside where most felt he best fit defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio’s system and showed tremendous growth.