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JBHANCOCK94'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 23, 2026

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  • JBHANCOCK94 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Francis Mauigoa Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Francis Mauigoa
OT Miami
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (ARI)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
Will Lee III Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (ARI)
Will Lee III
CB Texas A&M
Kage Casey Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kage Casey
OT Boise State
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (ARI)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Toriano Pride Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (ARI)
Toriano Pride Jr.
CB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Will Lee III Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Will Lee III
CB Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Romello Height Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (DAL)
Romello Height
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Players Gained
Head Shot
Robert Jones
OG
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC FutureA
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and Cooper Jr.: B.

The board owed the Cardinals one, and it paid up: Omar Cooper Jr., the No. 78 name on the board, sitting there at No. 104 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Francis Mauigoa
In No. 3 they get protection for the quarterback. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick65 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
Deontae Lawson slipping to the 65th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick104 Rnd4 Omar Cooper Jr.
Somehow Omar Cooper Jr. was still sitting there in the 104th overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick112 Rnd4 Will Lee III
They took Will Lee III at par in Round 4, Pick 12, which is nothing to complain about. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick141 Rnd5 Kage Casey
A straight-up fair deal on Kage Casey at pick No. 141, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick181 Rnd6 Zane Durant
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 6 slot with a little surplus value in Zane Durant. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick217 Rnd7 Toriano Pride Jr.
A slide stopped in pick 217, with Toriano Pride Jr. worth more than the price. Stacking talent where they were already deep.