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Arizona Cardinals

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Cardinals a A.

by Blink311fan · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Cardinals came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. They executed a plan and it shows in the A.

The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Cardinals clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 13
In the 17th pick they get a weapon on the perimeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 14
In slot 20 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 26
They read the board right and Taliese Fuaga was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 4. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 42
Troy Fautanu at No. 52 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 61
Nothing to complain about; Denzel Burke went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 72
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Mekhi Wingo. It fills a real need, too.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 87
Christian Mahogany in pick 81 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 103
Good price on Devontez Walker in pick No. 110, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Beaux Limmer · C · rank 139
They took Beaux Limmer at par in the Round 4 slot, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 138
Jordan Travis at No. 141 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Zy Alexander · CB · rank 164
Zy Alexander at Round 5, Pick 27 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
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