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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals won the night they stopped Adams from sliding. Grade: B.

by Darren S · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 5 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The Cardinals ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided.

Landing Adams that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

It is not that McKinstry is a bad player; it is that the Cardinals had louder needs to answer first.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · DB · rank 11
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 3rd overall pick on Kool-Aid McKinstry with tight end and linebacker unsolved.
R1.15 · Pick 15 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 16
In Round 1, Pick 15 they get a matchup problem out wide. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.22 · Pick 22 · Bralen Trice · DE-EDGE · rank 20
A straight-up fair deal on Bralen Trice at slot 22, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 46
They liked Jordan Morgan enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 34. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 66
A reach for Blake Corum in pick 57; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 61
They did well to land Mekhi Wingo in No. 66, just ahead of his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 84
No edge and no loss on Michael Pratt in pick No. 79; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Jalen McMillan · WR · rank 110
They paid a round early for Jalen McMillan in Round 4, Pick 2, more than the board wanted. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Nehemiah Pritchett · CB · rank 123
Value with a capital V on Nehemiah Pritchett in the Round 4 slot, a genuine coup. A minor itch, scratched.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 139
Darius Robinson at the 139th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 159
The board had Frank Gore Jr. higher than pick 169, and the running back fell to them anyway. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · J. Michael Sturdivant · WR · rank 157
Somehow J. Michael Sturdivant was still sitting there in No. 181, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 178
Cam Hart in the 198th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Isaiah Adams · OT · rank 197
You do not let an offensive lineman like Isaiah Adams reach slot 224 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 256
LaDarius Henderson at slot 256 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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