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Arizona Cardinals

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

by BG23 · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 6 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

You build a draft on nights like this. Keon Coleman had no business being available in No. 66, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

If Logue pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

The Wiggins pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback and tight end still on the board. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In slot 8 they get a matchup problem out wide at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.32 · Pick 32 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 20
In the 32nd pick they get a press-man option on the boundary, outstanding value to boot. More want than need.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 15
A curious use of the 35th pick. Quarterback and tight end needed the pick; a cornerback in Nate Wiggins did not.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 24
Keon Coleman in the Round 3 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 73
They paid sticker price for Payton Wilson in the 71st overall pick, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 110
A real head-scratcher, Matt Goncalves in pick 89 is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 97
They did well to land Bucky Irving in No. 104, just ahead of his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 129
A reasonable price with a little left over, Sataoa Laumea in slot 133. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Justin Rogers · DL · rank 165
They reached a country mile for Justin Rogers at Round 4, Pick 34, and the board is aghast. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Cedric Johnson · DE-EDGE · rank 163
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cedric Johnson this early at pick No. 137. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 113
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Braelon Allen in the 140th pick, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 156
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 169 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 168
LaDarius Henderson in the Round 6 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 226
Joshua Gray at slot 225 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 271
Zion Logue at Round 7, Pick 7 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
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