CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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A respectable, level-headed haul for the Cardinals: B-.

by Levin33 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 8 reaches
Value C-
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The Cardinals spent real capital to be 77 picks early on Zion Tupuola-Fetui, and the board is going to hold them to it. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Goncalves. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 13
In the Round 1 slot they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 36
In pick 21 they get a bendy edge with upside, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 75
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get an anchor for the defensive front, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 79
Christian Haynes at slot 71 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.36 · Pick 99 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 133
Drake Nugent at pick No. 99 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 181
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in the 104th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 103
You do not let an offensive lineman like Matt Goncalves reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Javion Cohen · OG · rank 141
A premium they did not need to pay, Javion Cohen a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 119
Somehow Kris Abrams-Draine was still sitting there in pick No. 140, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 179
Sam Hartman at the 188th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Zakhari Franklin · WR · rank 214
Zakhari Franklin slipping to slot 225 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Ja'Had Carter · S · rank 240
Ja'Had Carter in Round 7, Pick 7 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
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