CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Cardinals.

by jbjaguar · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 1 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

Thirty-one other rooms let Curtis Jacobs slide, and the Cardinals were the ones holding the card at pick No. 227. Highway robbery.

The Steele pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In slot 4 they get a go-to option on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 14
In pick 21 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. More want than need.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 35
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Leonard Taylor III. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 75
They liked Mekhi Wingo enough to skip the value, taking him in the 66th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · D.J. James · CB · rank 67
Nothing to complain about; D.J. James went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
Zak Zinter at pick No. 85 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 106
They took Blake Fisher at par in the 104th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 142
They went early on Jordan Travis in Round 4, Pick 33, and the value did not follow. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cedric Johnson · DE-EDGE · rank 146
No drama and no debate, Cedric Johnson went about where he belonged in the Round 5 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Austin Stogner · TE · rank 189
No edge and no loss on Austin Stogner in slot 188; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Carson Steele · RB · rank 253
They reached a country mile for Carson Steele at Round 7, Pick 5, and the board is aghast. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 201
They will replay Curtis Jacobs at the 227th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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