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bshea'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 3, 2025

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  • bshea DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Peter Woods Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ARI)
Peter Woods
DL-EDGE Clemson
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (ARI)
Caleb Banks
DE Florida
Garrett Nussmeier Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (ARI)
Garrett Nussmeier
QB LSU
Earl Little Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Earl Little Jr.
S Florida State
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (ARI)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
DeAndre Moore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (ARI)
DeAndre Moore Jr.
WR Texas
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and Nussmeier: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Garrett Nussmeier, the No. 45 name on the board, stolen at Round 3, Pick 6. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Peter Woods
In slot 8 they get a problem off the edge. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Caleb Banks
Value with a capital V on Caleb Banks in pick No. 39, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick70 Rnd3 Garrett Nussmeier
Garrett Nussmeier at the Round 3 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick105 Rnd4 Earl Little Jr.
Earl Little Jr. at pick 105 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick148 Rnd5 J.C. Davis
A reasonable price with a little left over, J.C. Davis in the 148th overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick186 Rnd6 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
They paid sticker price for Jermaine Mathews Jr. in Round 6, Pick 7, and that is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick221 Rnd7 DeAndre Moore Jr.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on DeAndre Moore Jr.. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.