CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals robbed the room for Washington. Final grade: B.

by mackmurphy · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

When a board-topper like Malik Washington slides to Round 6, Pick 13, you do not overthink it, and the Cardinals did not.

Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. With running back and tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but running back.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Bralen Trice · DE-EDGE · rank 23
In the 26th pick they get a bendy edge with upside. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 34
They took Troy Fautanu at par in the Round 2 slot, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 59
Good price on Josh Newton in pick No. 66, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 71
No drama and no debate, Byron Murphy II went about where he belonged in No. 71. It fills a real need, too.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 84
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at running back and tight end sat open.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 109
Tommy Eichenberg in slot 104 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 132
No edge and no loss on Javon Foster in the 133rd overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Kedon Slovis · QB · rank 138
Kedon Slovis at Round 5, Pick 4 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 158
They robbed the room for Malik Washington here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 219
Steele Chambers in pick No. 225 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · BJ Mayes · CB · rank 216
The board had BJ Mayes higher than the 227th overall pick, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
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