B
Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals turned the phones into found money: B.
by evanishim ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 2 steals
· 2 reaches
The real work happened on the phones. The Cardinals fleeced their trade partners, turning their picks into a noticeably bigger pile than they started with. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
The cost of the Coker reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Tampa value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.
The veteran additions, Jordan Addison chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
Malik Nabers at Round 1, Pick 4 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Taking T.J. Tampa in the 68th pick is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Mekhi Wingo. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No drama and no debate, Christian Haynes went about where he belonged in slot 81. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They took Dominick Puni at par in pick 104, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Andrew Coker at No. 133 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kris Abrams-Draine at pick No. 137. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Antwaun Powell-Ryland well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.