CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B- to prove it.

by jbjaguar · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cardinals shredded theirs for Matthew Jones. He came off 45 spots early, and the room will hear about it. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

The Berger steal is the beam this whole class leans on. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 27
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get a sticky cover corner. More want than need.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 32
Emeka Egbuka at pick No. 35 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 63
Jackson Powers-Johnson at slot 66 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 71
No edge and no loss on Byron Murphy II in pick 71; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 84
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 89th overall pick on Maason Smith with tight end unsolved.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 100
A tidy little value on Spencer Rattler in pick No. 104, a step better than break-even. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 129
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Kamal Hadden while clear needs at tight end sat open.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Nelson Ceaser · DL-EDGE · rank 139
They took Nelson Ceaser at par in Round 5, Pick 4, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 233
A wild overpay on Matthew Jones in slot 188, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jalen Berger · RB · rank 197
Circle this one: Jalen Berger at the Round 7 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 219
Nice patience on Steele Chambers, who had no business lasting to No. 227. A need, and now a little less of one.
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