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Arizona Cardinals

About as clean as a draft gets for the Cardinals: A-.

by robmedema · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A
Future A+

The Taulia Tagovailoa selection is the head-turner. The Cardinals reached 32 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

It is not that Dixon is a bad player; it is that the Cardinals had louder needs to answer first. They banked enough surplus on Logan Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

Few war rooms will sleep better than this one tonight.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Laiatu Latu · DL-EDGE · rank 7
In Round 1, Pick 11 they get a problem off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 24
In slot 26 they get a matchup problem out wide at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 32
Graham Barton in the 35th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · D.J. James · CB · rank 64
D.J. James in No. 66 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 71
No drama and no debate, Brenden Rice went about where he belonged in pick No. 71. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Braden Fiske · DL · rank 84
Braden Fiske at the 89th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Tyler Davis · DT · rank 95
A quiet steal in No. 104: Tyler Davis for less than the market said. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Johnny Dixon · CB · rank 125
They bypassed pressing needs at running back and tight end to take Johnny Dixon, a cornerback that was not the priority.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 126
Tommy Eichenberg slipping to pick No. 140 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Taulia Tagovailoa · QB · rank 220
A big swing on Taulia Tagovailoa at Round 6, Pick 13, well ahead of any board in the building. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jalen Green · S · rank 208
A tidy bit of business in slot 225, where Jalen Green graded well above the range. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Kenny Logan Jr. · S · rank 203
They robbed the room for Kenny Logan Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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