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Arizona Cardinals

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Cardinals a A-.

by marker · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The Cardinals clearly saw something nobody else did in Eugene Asante, taking him 39 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The Muhammad III value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback, tight end and other spots.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.15 · Pick 15 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 15
No drama and no debate, Dallas Turner went about where he belonged in the 15th pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 29
In No. 27 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 23
A want over a need in pick No. 34: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while quarterback, tight end and other spots keeps waiting.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 54
A reasonable price with a little left over, Brandon Dorlus in Round 2, Pick 27. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 62
A tidy little value on Sedrick Van Pran in the 67th overall pick, a step better than break-even. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 70
Braelon Allen at slot 74 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · D.J. James · CB · rank 72
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, D.J. James adds a cornerback and leaves quarterback, tight end and other spots untouched.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · J. Michael Sturdivant · WR · rank 98
Good price on J. Michael Sturdivant in the Round 4 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Connor Colby · OT · rank 125
Connor Colby slipping to No. 133 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Jack Nelson · OT · rank 141
They took Jack Nelson at par in the 139th pick, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Moose Muhammad III · WR · rank 151
They will replay Moose Muhammad III at pick No. 169 for years; that is how good the value is. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Isaiah Adams · OT · rank 180
Somehow Isaiah Adams was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 23, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 238
A conviction pick on Eric Gentry at the 223rd overall pick that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Eugene Asante · LB · rank 263
Eugene Asante at pick 224 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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