CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

by Lukesanders12 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 1 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The Cardinals clearly saw something nobody else did in Ajani Cornelius, taking him 24 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. They banked enough surplus on Barron to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a matchup problem out wide. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 13
In the 17th pick they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. More want than need.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 36
Leonard Taylor III in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 71
No drama and no debate, Jackson Powers-Johnson went about where he belonged in pick No. 68. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Adisa Isaac · DE-EDGE · rank 75
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Adisa Isaac. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 85
They paid sticker price for Blake Corum in pick 81, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 112
They liked Tykee Smith enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 4, Pick 4. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Ajani Cornelius · OL · rank 157
A big swing on Ajani Cornelius at the 133rd pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Jahdae Barron · S · rank 131
Jahdae Barron slid further than he should have, and slot 141 is lovely value for the safety. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Cedric Johnson · DE-EDGE · rank 162
They took Cedric Johnson at par in pick No. 163, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · Ali Jennings · WR · rank 194
A straight-up fair deal on Ali Jennings at pick 190, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jabbar Muhammad · CB · rank 226
Jabbar Muhammad in the 225th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Kaimon Rucker · DL-EDGE · rank 222
Kaimon Rucker in the Round 7 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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