CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Cardinals 1/20 B

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No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cardinals.

by BG23 · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 2 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B
Future B+

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Darius Robinson at the 89th pick is 38 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

However the rest shakes out, Washington at that price is a win they earned. They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it. Spending an early pick on cornerback with interior defensive lineman open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 11
In the Round 1 slot they get a true top target at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.28 · Pick 28 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 27
In No. 28 they get protection for the quarterback. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 31
Troy Fautanu in the 35th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 42
T.J. Tampa in Round 2, Pick 11 is fair value, right on his grade. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 38
They barely believed it either: Adonai Mitchell still on the board at pick 66. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Caelen Carson · CB · rank 70
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Caelen Carson at cornerback with interior defensive lineman open.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 127
Darius Robinson in pick 89 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 97
Bucky Irving at the 104th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 133
A straight-up fair deal on Tommy Eichenberg at the 128th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 128
Fair-plus on Sataoa Laumea, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 135
They did well to land Cole Bishop in Round 5, Pick 4, just ahead of his grade. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 138
Jordan Travis at pick No. 145 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 158
Malik Washington in No. 188 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 221
Nothing to complain about; Jared Wiley went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 229
They took Joshua Gray at par in No. 227, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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