CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Cardinals 1/5c A-

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals fleeced the room on the phones and earned a A-.

by BG23 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 4 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Cardinals came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Just about everything broke right, and the A- follows.

That Thomas Jr. pick is the receipt they will wave around later. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

If Gray pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Laiatu Latu and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Laiatu Latu · DL-EDGE · rank 7
In No. 7 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Jer'Zhan Newton · DL · rank 17
In slot 17 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 42
They paid sticker price for Troy Fautanu in pick 36, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 52
The board had Brian Thomas Jr. higher than Round 3, Pick 4, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 60
They read the board right and Cooper DeJean was the payoff at the Round 3 slot. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 82
McKinnley Jackson in the 81st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 103
A straight-up fair deal on Devontez Walker at pick No. 104, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 125
A tidy bit of business in the 133rd pick, where Cedric Gray graded well above the range. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 138
Jordan Travis at Round 5, Pick 5 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Braden Fiske · DL · rank 172
A premium they did not need to pay, Braden Fiske a notch or two before his time. It fills a real need, too.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 202
A reach for Oronde Gadsden II in pick 190; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Willie Roberts · CB · rank 209
Willie Roberts is a better player than the 225th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 239
A reach on Joshua Gray in pick No. 226; the board had better options right there. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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