CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals let Odunze fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

by blink311fan · 2024 NFL Draft · 17 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Cardinals, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend.

The Burke pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end. Odunze falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. If Barron pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 10
In No. 11 they get a ballhawk on the outside. More want than need.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 13
In Round 1, Pick 17 they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 12
Rome Odunze in the 35th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 21
Jared Verse at pick No. 39 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 25
They barely believed it either: Emeka Egbuka still on the board at slot 43. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 67
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Byron Murphy II. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 61
A surprising call. With tight end still to address, they spent the Round 3 slot on Denzel Burke, a cornerback they were not short of.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 80
Jackson Powers-Johnson at slot 75 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Rod Moore · S · rank 81
A straight-up fair deal on Rod Moore at No. 81, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 82
McKinnley Jackson at pick No. 83 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 98
They did well to land MarShawn Lloyd in pick 103, just ahead of his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 141
Sataoa Laumea at the 133rd overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 138
No edge and no loss on Jordan Travis in the 140th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 152
They read the board right and Devin Neal was the payoff at Round 5, Pick 29. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Ricky Pearsall · WR · rank 200
They took Ricky Pearsall at par in the 198th pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 204
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 220, where Curtis Jacobs graded well above the range. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Jahdae Barron · S · rank 233
A premium they did not need to pay, Jahdae Barron a notch or two before his time. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
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