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Grand theft in slot 89: the Cardinals steal Worthy and grade out a A-.

by psicosis6878yahoocom · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 6 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

You build a draft on nights like this. Xavier Worthy had no business being available in No. 89, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. One of the weekend's best, top to bottom, and a A- to show for it.

The cost of the Robinson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Few war rooms will sleep better than this one tonight.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 24
In the 24th pick they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 31
By-the-book stuff, Troy Fautanu at No. 26 squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 63
T'Vondre Sweat in Round 2, Pick 3 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 93
This one needs a full-page explanation: McKinnley Jackson in the 66th overall pick, miles early. The roster fit checks out.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 91
Marist Liufau at the Round 3 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 47
Circle this one: Xavier Worthy at pick No. 89 is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 110
Matt Goncalves in slot 104 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Layden Robinson · OG · rank 174
They talked themselves into Layden Robinson at pick 133, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 111
Khyree Jackson at slot 140 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 193
Michael Barrett at pick 188 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 254
Trevor Keegan at No. 225 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Darius Muasau · LB · rank 240
Darius Muasau in pick No. 227 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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