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February - the month of the NFL Combine and the unofficial start to draft season! After a 2025 season that fell well short of the high expectations many had for the Burgundy and Gold, Washington football fans everywhere are waiting in anticipation to see what this franchise will do in April's draft and how they will go about attempting to bounce back in 2026.
If putting your feet up from Thursday through Saturday while watching the draft wasn't appealing enough for you, BGO is going to add even more fun to the NFL Draft festivities!
For the 6th consecutive year, we are back with the BGO "On The Clock" Commanders Draft Pool. This is easily the most challenging contest we have here at BGO and will undoubtedly be even more difficult this year with the Commanders having so many holes to fill on the roster. This contest is your chance to show your draft expertise and prove that you know better than everyone else here at BGO when it comes to the Commanders. It is also your opportunity to unseat BainesDC as our defending champion.
How The BGO Draft Pool Works/Scoring Rules:
1) Guess who you think the Commanders will pick with each of its current selections in the 2026 NFL Draft (assume no trade scenarios).
2) Earn 10 points for every player selected by the Burgundy and Gold that you guessed correctly.
3) Earn an additional 5 points for every player guessed correctly if you identified the correct round he was chosen in by the Commanders.
4) Earn 3 points if your pick for a round was incorrect, but your pick still matches the positional group selected by the Commanders in that round (per NFL Scouting Combine positional groupings).
5) Earn 2 points if your pick for a round was incorrect, but your pick still matches the round the player was chosen in by another NFL team.
5) The participant with the highest accumulated number of points will be declared the 6th Annual BGO "On The Clock" Draft Pool winner and receive a 1st place prize.
Previous Winners:
2021: Silent Threat
2022: Om
2023: Silent Threat/Boone
2024: Boone
2025: BainesDC
2026: Busch1724
Tiebreakers:
The following will be used in the event of a tie for first place between two or more participants:
a) Tiebreaker 1: # of correct players picked by the Commanders.
b) Tiebreaker 2: # of predicted picks you made that match the round a player was selected in during the 2025 NFL Draft.
Deadlines:
Have your Commanders draft choice predictions and tiebreaker posted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, April 23rd, 2026. At that time, all selections will be noted and no further changes can be made to your predictions.
Note:
When making your picks, please post your choices clearly by indicating the Round #, Pick #, Player Name, and Position.
For your reference, the Commanders picks are:
Round 1 (7th pick):
Round 3 (71st pick):
Round 5 (145th pick):
Round 6 (185th pick):
Round 6 (196th pick):
Round 7 (223rd pick):
* If any of these picks change due to trades leading up to the start of the draft, we will update accordingly.
We hope to have as much participation as possible! If you aren't a draft guy, remember, your guesses are as good as anybody else's. Many of us spent a lot of time learning about the draft prospects a year ago and still didn't get a single Commanders pick right in the whole draft! There are a lot of mock draft simulators online that can familiarize you with the players and where they are generally projected to be taken in the draft. Also, be sure to check out some of the upcoming BGO Blind Pig draft podcasts, as they will help familiarize you with who is going to be available. There is lots of time to prepare and learn still! We hope to have our biggest group of participants yet in this upcoming draft pool! Start studying, get drafting and have fun, armchair GMs!
If putting your feet up from Thursday through Saturday while watching the draft wasn't appealing enough for you, BGO is going to add even more fun to the NFL Draft festivities!
For the 6th consecutive year, we are back with the BGO "On The Clock" Commanders Draft Pool. This is easily the most challenging contest we have here at BGO and will undoubtedly be even more difficult this year with the Commanders having so many holes to fill on the roster. This contest is your chance to show your draft expertise and prove that you know better than everyone else here at BGO when it comes to the Commanders. It is also your opportunity to unseat BainesDC as our defending champion.
How The BGO Draft Pool Works/Scoring Rules:
1) Guess who you think the Commanders will pick with each of its current selections in the 2026 NFL Draft (assume no trade scenarios).
2) Earn 10 points for every player selected by the Burgundy and Gold that you guessed correctly.
3) Earn an additional 5 points for every player guessed correctly if you identified the correct round he was chosen in by the Commanders.
4) Earn 3 points if your pick for a round was incorrect, but your pick still matches the positional group selected by the Commanders in that round (per NFL Scouting Combine positional groupings).
5) Earn 2 points if your pick for a round was incorrect, but your pick still matches the round the player was chosen in by another NFL team.
5) The participant with the highest accumulated number of points will be declared the 6th Annual BGO "On The Clock" Draft Pool winner and receive a 1st place prize.
Previous Winners:
2021: Silent Threat
2022: Om
2023: Silent Threat/Boone
2024: Boone
2025: BainesDC
2026: Busch1724
Tiebreakers:
The following will be used in the event of a tie for first place between two or more participants:
a) Tiebreaker 1: # of correct players picked by the Commanders.
b) Tiebreaker 2: # of predicted picks you made that match the round a player was selected in during the 2025 NFL Draft.
Deadlines:
Have your Commanders draft choice predictions and tiebreaker posted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, April 23rd, 2026. At that time, all selections will be noted and no further changes can be made to your predictions.
Note:
When making your picks, please post your choices clearly by indicating the Round #, Pick #, Player Name, and Position.
For your reference, the Commanders picks are:
Round 1 (7th pick):
Round 3 (71st pick):
Round 5 (145th pick):
Round 6 (185th pick):
Round 6 (196th pick):
Round 7 (223rd pick):
* If any of these picks change due to trades leading up to the start of the draft, we will update accordingly.
We hope to have as much participation as possible! If you aren't a draft guy, remember, your guesses are as good as anybody else's. Many of us spent a lot of time learning about the draft prospects a year ago and still didn't get a single Commanders pick right in the whole draft! There are a lot of mock draft simulators online that can familiarize you with the players and where they are generally projected to be taken in the draft. Also, be sure to check out some of the upcoming BGO Blind Pig draft podcasts, as they will help familiarize you with who is going to be available. There is lots of time to prepare and learn still! We hope to have our biggest group of participants yet in this upcoming draft pool! Start studying, get drafting and have fun, armchair GMs!
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