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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals cashed the board's mistake on Roberts: A.

by sean · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 9 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

You build a draft on nights like this. Willie Roberts had no business being available in slot 241, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. This is how you run a draft, and the A reflects it.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Chop Robinson and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.21 · Pick 21 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 12
In No. 21 they get a difference-maker at receiver at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 13
In the 24th pick they get a disruptor off the edge, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 25
Emeka Egbuka at Round 2, Pick 2 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 58
Kris Jenkins at the Round 3 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 62
Value with a capital V on Denzel Burke in pick No. 72, a genuine coup. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
By-the-book stuff, Zak Zinter at slot 95 squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 97
They read the board right and Spencer Rattler was the payoff at the 106th overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 109
A tidy bit of business in pick 121, where Tommy Eichenberg graded well above the range. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 132
Fair-plus on Smael Mondon Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Ashton Gillotte · DL-EDGE · rank 168
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ashton Gillotte. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 154
A quiet steal in the 169th pick: Mike Sainristil for less than the market said. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Ali Jennings · WR · rank 192
Ali Jennings in the 198th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Miles Frazier · OG · rank 217
A reasonable price with a little left over, Miles Frazier in the Round 7 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.21 · Pick 241 · Willie Roberts · CB · rank 211
Willie Roberts in slot 241 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
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