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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals turned the phones into found money: B+.

by kkauffman20 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

The Cardinals did not so much draft Taulia Tagovailoa as overpay for him, 220 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. On value alone, Alexander makes the weekend a net positive.

Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.10 · Pick 10 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In the 10th overall pick they get a No. 1 receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 23
In pick 17 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 22
A tidy bit of business in slot 35, where Dallas Turner graded well above the range. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 55
A reach on Cooper Beebe in the Round 2 slot; the board had better options right there. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 67
No edge and no loss on Byron Murphy II in No. 67; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 70
Blake Corum in Round 3, Pick 9 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 115
They talked themselves into Tate Ratledge at pick No. 81, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 130
A wild overpay on Smael Mondon Jr. in the 103rd pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 113
Steal is underselling it; Brenden Rice at No. 133 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 128
Nice patience on Khyree Jackson, who had no business lasting to Round 5, Pick 4. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Taulia Tagovailoa · QB · rank 385
Taulia Tagovailoa at slot 165 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Zy Alexander · CB · rank 164
Zy Alexander in the 198th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Isaiah Williams · WR · rank 218
Isaiah Williams at pick 224 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 244
They liked Jordan Jefferson enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 7 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
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