CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals fleeced the room on the phones and earned a A-.

by Jrico1020 · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 5 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A-

The Cardinals bet big and early on Tanner McLachlan, 34 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. One of the weekend's best, top to bottom, and a A- to show for it.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The Jacobs value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

It is a haul that will look even better come September.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 11
In slot 13 they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.22 · Pick 22 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
In No. 22 they get an island corner. Need was not the driver here.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 50
The board had Patrick Paul higher than the 63rd pick, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 53
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kiran Amegadjie at the Round 3 slot is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.31 · Pick 94 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 75
They will replay Johnny Wilson at pick 94 for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 99
Blake Fisher at Round 4, Pick 5 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · Keith Randolph Jr. · DL-EDGE · rank 150
Keith Randolph Jr. at slot 131 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Grayson Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 164
Grayson Murphy at No. 133 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 127
Cole Bishop is a better player than pick No. 140 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor itch, scratched.
R5.14 · Pick 150 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 149
No drama and no debate, Ty'Ron Hopper went about where he belonged in Round 5, Pick 14. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 159
No edge and no loss on LaDarius Henderson in the 159th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 190
Christian Jones at the Round 6 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.25 · Pick 200 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 175
Curtis Jacobs in the 200th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Donell Harris Jr. · DL-EDGE · rank 256
They left a pile of value on the table to take Donell Harris Jr. this early at pick 225. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Tanner McLachlan · TE · rank 261
Tanner McLachlan at pick No. 227 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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