CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Cardinals.

by DerickRuhl · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 0 steals · 11 reaches
Value C-
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

The Cardinals torched the value chart for Jordan Toles, taking him 140 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · JC Latham · OT · rank 16
In No. 2 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 29
In the 21st overall pick they get a home-run threat at receiver, reach and all. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 33
They paid sticker price for Josh Newton in slot 34, and that is fine. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 87
They left a pile of value on the table to take McKinnley Jackson this early at the 66th pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 170
A big swing on Gabriel Murphy at pick 70, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 104
They talked themselves into Danny Stutsman at Round 3, Pick 22, and the board did not agree. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Beaux Limmer · C · rank 132
A real head-scratcher, Beaux Limmer in the 102nd pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Nehemiah Pritchett · CB · rank 128
They did well to land Nehemiah Pritchett in No. 133, just ahead of his grade. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Taulia Tagovailoa · QB · rank 250
This one needs a full-page explanation: Taulia Tagovailoa in slot 139, miles early. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 186
Devin Neal at Round 5, Pick 33 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Caden Prieskorn · TE · rank 226
Caden Prieskorn at pick No. 198 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Jordan Toles · S · rank 363
Value said wait; Jordan Toles in pick 223 says they were not listening. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Xavier Restrepo · WR · rank 253
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Xavier Restrepo. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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