CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Arizona Cardinals

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and White: B.

by ntnrerun · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

You build a draft on nights like this. Ricky White had no business being available in Round 7, Pick 4, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. No fireworks, but a solid B.

They are betting Hartman proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In the 3rd overall pick they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Jer'Zhan Newton · DL · rank 16
In pick 17 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 30
Nothing to complain about; Terrion Arnold went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 63
Fair-plus on Jermaine Burton, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 57
They read the board right and Kris Jenkins was the payoff at pick No. 73. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 83
They paid sticker price for Marist Liufau in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Donovan Edwards · RB · rank 85
Donovan Edwards in the 103rd pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Beaux Limmer · C · rank 139
Beaux Limmer in Round 4, Pick 33 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 145
A straight-up fair deal on Malik Mustapha at pick 140, value and slot in agreement. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 180
A reach on T.J. Sanders in slot 165; the board had better options right there. The roster fit checks out.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 182
Value with a capital V on Jacob Cowing in the Round 6 slot, a genuine coup. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Ricky White · WR · rank 177
They robbed the room for Ricky White here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.18 · Pick 238 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 260
Sam Hartman in the 238th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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