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Arizona Cardinals

Good, not great, for the Cardinals: B.

by psicosis6878yahoocom · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades C+
Future A

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Keith Randolph Jr. at Round 4, Pick 4 is 50 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Worthy.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
In the Round 1 slot they get a red-zone target to build around. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 24
A slide stopped in slot 35, with Keon Coleman worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 43
Circle this one: Xavier Worthy at the 66th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 48
They barely believed it either: Patrick Paul still on the board at No. 71. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 124
Justin Eboigbe at pick No. 90 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.34 · Pick 97 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 106
Matt Goncalves in pick 97 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Keith Randolph Jr. · DL-EDGE · rank 154
A wild overpay on Keith Randolph Jr. in the Round 4 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 123
Nice patience on Jarrian Jones, who had no business lasting to No. 137. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Grayson Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 168
This one needs a full-page explanation: Grayson Murphy in the 140th pick, miles early. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.22 · Pick 158 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 138
Kamal Hadden at slot 158 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Andru Phillips · CB · rank 170
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Andru Phillips. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 179
Curtis Jacobs in the 186th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The roster fit checks out.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 184
A reasonable price with a little left over, Michael Barrett in Round 6, Pick 13. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Aaron Frost · OT · rank 249
Aaron Frost at pick 225 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Darius Muasau · LB · rank 223
A tidy little value on Darius Muasau in the 227th overall pick, a step better than break-even. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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