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Arizona Cardinals

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

by seandavidsebastiangmailcom · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future C+

The war room fell hard for Josh Williams, and it showed at the 255th pick: 52 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. So much rides on Jayden Daniels that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

On value alone, Williams makes the weekend a net positive.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.10 · Pick 10 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
Jayden Daniels at Round 1, Pick 10 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 14
In pick 17 they get a premier pass rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 23
They let Amarius Mims come to them and pounced at slot 33. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 59
They talked themselves into Jonathon Brooks at the Round 2 slot, and the board did not agree. It fills a real need, too.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 60
Nice patience on Cooper DeJean, who had no business lasting to the 68th pick. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 64
Tyler Guyton at No. 71 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 80
They took Jackson Powers-Johnson at par in Round 3, Pick 17, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.11 · Pick 111 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 113
A straight-up fair deal on Brenden Rice at the 111th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.20 · Pick 120 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 120
They paid sticker price for Junior Colson in slot 120, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Isaiah Adams · OT · rank 142
By-the-book stuff, Isaiah Adams at No. 141 squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.19 · Pick 194 · Bryce Foster · C · rank 227
This one needs a full-page explanation: Bryce Foster in the 194th pick, miles early. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Josh Williams · RB · rank 307
Josh Williams at pick 255 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · Isaiah Williams · WR · rank 218
The board fumbled Isaiah Williams all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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