CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Cardinals 2/4 B

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The Cardinals cashed the board's mistake on Hadden: B.

by BG23 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

Somebody in the 188th overall pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Cardinals sat still while Kamal Hadden, the No. 138 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Hall Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
In the 4th overall pick they get a true top target at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 30
In the Round 1 slot they get a press-man option on the boundary. Need was not the driver here.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
Tyler Guyton in pick No. 35 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Ruke Orhorhoro · DT · rank 69
They paid sticker price for Ruke Orhorhoro in Round 3, Pick 2, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Michael Hall Jr. · DT · rank 89
Value said wait; Michael Hall Jr. in slot 71 says they were not listening. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe at No. 90 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 72
Trey Benson at pick 104 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 136
They took Jordan Travis at par in the 133rd pick, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 137
Cam Hart at the 140th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 138
You do not let a cornerback like Kamal Hadden reach pick 188 and blink. They did not. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 197
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Jaylen Harrell · DE-EDGE · rank 201
They robbed the room for Jaylen Harrell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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