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Arizona Cardinals

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and McCoy: B.

by BG23 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A-
Future B

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Bru McCoy, the No. 184 name on the board, stolen at pick No. 226.

With tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
In pick No. 2 they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 24
In the 21st overall pick they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 37
They paid sticker price for Kamari Lassiter in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 65
Sedrick Van Pran in pick 66 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 72
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 6. Tight end needed the pick; a cornerback in Quinyon Mitchell did not.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 90
Jordan Travis in slot 85 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Tyleik Williams · DT · rank 108
No drama and no debate, Tyleik Williams went about where he belonged in the 102nd pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 140
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Darius Robinson. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 141
They took MarShawn Lloyd at par in No. 139, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · J. Michael Sturdivant · WR · rank 152
Quietly one of the better values of the day, J. Michael Sturdivant at the Round 5 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 189
Jaylan Ford is a better player than pick No. 198 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 215
Value with a capital V on Joshua Gray in the 223rd pick, a genuine coup. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Bru McCoy · WR · rank 184
They robbed the room for Bru McCoy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.8 · Pick 228 · DeWayne Carter · DT · rank 217
A tidy bit of business in slot 228, where DeWayne Carter graded well above the range. It fills a real need, too.
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