CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals bet the future on Daniels. The board says B-.

by UtoSlow445 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

The Cardinals clearly saw something nobody else did in Kendall Milton, taking him 182 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

Jayden Daniels is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

With offensive lineman and interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. That Neal pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 12
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 25
The board had Emeka Egbuka higher than the 35th overall pick, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 65
They took Trey Benson at par in slot 67, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Rod Moore · S · rank 81
A reach on Rod Moore in No. 73; the board had better options right there. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · D.J. James · CB · rank 77
D.J. James in the 81st pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Tory Horton · WR · rank 109
Tory Horton in No. 103 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 150
A curious use of pick 133. Offensive lineman and interior defensive lineman needed the pick; a cornerback in Mike Sainristil did not.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 136
Cade Stover in Round 5, Pick 4 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 152
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Devin Neal at pick No. 165. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Miyan Williams · RB · rank 259
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Miyan Williams. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 268
They talked themselves into Steele Chambers at the Round 7 slot, and the board did not agree. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Kendall Milton · RB · rank 409
Kendall Milton in the 227th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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