CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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Arizona Cardinals

The phones sank the Cardinals this weekend: C.

by DREW · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 2 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future A+

The Cardinals spent real capital to be 38 picks early on Devin Neal, and the board is going to hold them to it.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. The Cowing pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. They went 8 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

If Marvin Harrison Jr. and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 2
In pick No. 2 they get a matchup problem out wide at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.19 · Pick 19 · JC Latham · OT · rank 17
In the 19th pick they get a long-term starter on the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · JT Tuimoloau · DE-EDGE · rank 37
JT Tuimoloau at the 43rd overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 80
No drama and no debate, TreVeyon Henderson went about where he belonged in pick 80. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 101
Smael Mondon Jr. at No. 82 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The roster fit checks out.
R4.19 · Pick 119 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 112
Fair-plus on Jordan Travis, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 171
Devin Neal at pick 133 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 144
They liked T.J. Sanders enough to skip the value, taking him in the 135th pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 139
A tidy little value on Ty'Ron Hopper in pick No. 145, a step better than break-even. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 157
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ainias Smith at the 165th overall pick is the proof. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.16 · Pick 191 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 173
Circle this one: Jacob Cowing at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · Storm Duck · CB · rank 214
A straight-up fair deal on Storm Duck at Round 6, Pick 38, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Zion Nelson · OT · rank 230
Zion Nelson at slot 223 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Michael Trigg · TE · rank 234
They went early on Michael Trigg in No. 224, and the value did not follow. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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