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Arizona Cardinals

Larceny in No. 163 lands the Cardinals a A-, Williams and all.

by Blink311fan · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 1 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

You build a draft on nights like this. James Williams had no business being available in the 163rd pick, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Adding Drake Jackson by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

The Sainristil pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

A strong weekend's work, and a rare one to find this little fault with.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 13
In pick No. 17 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.31 · Pick 31 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 34
In the 31st overall pick they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 35
Josh Newton in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 58
Good price on Brandon Dorlus in No. 63, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 72
By-the-book stuff, Mekhi Wingo at the 68th pick squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 70
A straight-up fair deal on Blake Corum at slot 71, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 74
A tidy little value on Sedrick Van Pran in Round 3, Pick 17, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.31 · Pick 94 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 93
They took Zak Zinter at par in pick 94, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 103
They paid sticker price for Devontez Walker in pick No. 104, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Theo Wease · WR · rank 133
Theo Wease at the 133rd pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 150
Mike Sainristil at pick 141 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · James Williams · S · rank 129
The board fumbled James Williams all the way to Round 5, Pick 27, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
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