CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Arizona Cardinals

Henderson should have been long gone. The Cardinals pounced, and earned a B+.

by Jrico1020 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 7 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Cardinals were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.

The Henderson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

With quarterback and tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
Good price on Marvin Harrison Jr. in No. 5, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In pick 27 they get a bendy edge with upside, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 15
They will replay Nate Wiggins at the Round 2 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Jonah Elliss · DE-EDGE · rank 42
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Jonah Elliss in pick No. 66, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Ruke Orhorhoro · DT · rank 69
Ruke Orhorhoro in Round 3, Pick 7 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 75
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Johnny Wilson at the 90th overall pick is the proof. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 112
Leonard Taylor III in Round 4, Pick 4 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
A curious use of the Round 4 slot. Quarterback and tight end needed the pick; a cornerback in Khyree Jackson did not.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 127
Tommy Eichenberg at the 133rd pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It fills a real need, too.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 129
Cole Bishop slid further than he should have, and No. 140 is lovely value for the safety. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 163
They robbed the room for LaDarius Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 209
Jawhar Jordan slipping to slot 225 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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