CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals kept it disciplined and banked a B.

by LDawg · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 1 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Cardinals did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to tight end, which was the need that mattered most. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

However the rest shakes out, Jordan at that price is a win they earned. Robinson has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In pick No. 4 they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
In slot 27 they get a premier pass rusher, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Guyton. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 53
They read the board right and Kingsley Suamataia was the payoff at pick 66. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 70
They paid sticker price for Payton Wilson in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 85
Nothing to complain about; Gabriel Murphy went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 97
Tykee Smith at No. 104 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 123
Nice patience on Jarrian Jones, who had no business lasting to the 133rd pick. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Luke McCaffrey · QB · rank 141
They took Luke McCaffrey at par in the Round 5 slot, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Ethan Driskell · OT · rank 186
By-the-book stuff, Ethan Driskell at the 188th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 209
The board had Jawhar Jordan higher than pick No. 225, and the running back fell to them anyway. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Jalen Green · S · rank 212
Jalen Green slid further than he should have, and pick 227 is lovely value for the safety. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
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