CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Cardinals 1/28b B

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The Cardinals let Magee fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

by BG23 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B
Future B-

When a board-topper like Jordan Magee slides to the Round 7 slot, you do not overthink it, and the Cardinals did not.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The Cardinals indulged a want in Hadden while a need in quarterback and interior defensive lineman stayed open. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a home-run threat at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 28
A clean, defensible pick in No. 35 with a little surplus value in Troy Fautanu. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 57
Value with a capital V on Brandon Dorlus in slot 66, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 62
Jonathon Brooks slipping to the 71st overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
Zak Zinter in pick 95 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 104
No edge and no loss on Matt Goncalves in pick No. 104; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 127
Cole Bishop in the 133rd pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 134
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Kamal Hadden adds a cornerback and leaves quarterback and interior defensive lineman untouched.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 138
By-the-book stuff, Ben Sinnott at pick No. 140 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 195
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on De'Corian Clark. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jordan Magee · LB · rank 193
Somehow Jordan Magee was still sitting there in slot 225, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 196
Circle this one: Jared Wiley at Round 7, Pick 7 is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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