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 · 0 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cardinals did exactly that with Carson Steele in pick 225.

Spending an early pick on cornerback with tight end and interior defensive lineman open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In the 4th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
In pick No. 27 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Ladd McConkey · WR · rank 33
A straight-up fair deal on Ladd McConkey at slot 35, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · D.J. James · CB · rank 64
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on D.J. James. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 66
Good price on Javon Bullard in the 71st overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 83
Roman Wilson in No. 90 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · DJ James · CB · rank 113
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 104th pick on DJ James with tight end and interior defensive lineman unsolved.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 136
They paid sticker price for Jordan Travis in Round 4, Pick 33, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 137
Cam Hart at the Round 5 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Aki Ogunbiyi · OG · rank 192
They took Aki Ogunbiyi at par in pick 188, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Carson Steele · RB · rank 259
Carson Steele in slot 225 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The roster fit checks out.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 231
No drama and no debate, Steele Chambers went about where he belonged in No. 227. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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