CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals drew a line under the quarterback search with Williams: D.

by what if? · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need A-
Trades F
Future C

The Cardinals lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again. A D that will need time and luck to look better.

Caleb Williams is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. The cost of the Frazier reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Wingo.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, tight end very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.1 · Pick 1 · Caleb Williams · QB · rank 2
They took Caleb Williams at par in No. 1, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R1.2 · Pick 2 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
In slot 2 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 12
The board had Rome Odunze higher than Round 1, Pick 21, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 13
Chop Robinson at the Round 2 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 66
Nothing to complain about; Trey Benson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 73
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Mekhi Wingo in pick No. 102, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 130
They let Khyree Jackson come to them and pounced at the 139th pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Miles Frazier · OG · rank 217
Miles Frazier at the 198th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.24 · Pick 199 · Tyler Baron · DL-EDGE · rank 200
Tyler Baron at the 199th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.32 · Pick 207 · Darius Muasau · LB · rank 221
Darius Muasau at the Round 6 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It fills a real need, too.
R6.33 · Pick 208 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 208
By-the-book stuff, Zion Tupuola-Fetui at the 208th pick squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 266
The board had cheaper options than Sam Hartman at slot 251, and it noticed. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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