CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

A sensible, unshowy class lands the Cardinals a B-.

by monkeydoogong · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

The one they had to fix is still broken. The Cardinals left quarterback untouched, and that omission hangs over an otherwise reasonable haul. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

The cost of the Nugent reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
A tidy little value on Marvin Harrison Jr. in Round 1, Pick 4, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 29
In pick 27 they get an anchor for the offensive line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 40
T.J. Tampa in slot 35 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 70
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in pick No. 66. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 66
Nothing to complain about; Javon Bullard went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Tyler Davis · DT · rank 96
By-the-book stuff, Tyler Davis at the 90th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Marshawn Kneeland · DE-EDGE · rank 104
A straight-up fair deal on Marshawn Kneeland at the 104th pick, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Daijun Edwards · RB · rank 132
Daijun Edwards in No. 133 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 148
They paid up for Drake Nugent at the 140th pick when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Trey Knox · TE · rank 182
A clean, defensible pick in pick 188 with a little surplus value in Trey Knox. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · J.J. Weaver · LB-EDGE · rank 228
J.J. Weaver at No. 225 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Zakhari Franklin · WR · rank 229
They paid sticker price for Zakhari Franklin in slot 227, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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