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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals drew a line under the quarterback search with Daniels: B-.

by WannaBeJudon1020 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 3 steals · 1 reaches
Value B-
Need A-
Trades C-
Future C+

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Cardinals' quarterback, full stop.

Getting Smith where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The Cardinals clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend. They will need Worthy to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In No. 8 they get their guy under center for the next decade. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 28
In the 17th pick they get a No. 1 receiver, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 21
In the Round 1 slot they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 24
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Taliese Fuaga at the 34th overall pick is the proof. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Ruke Orhorhoro · DT · rank 67
Ruke Orhorhoro in pick 70 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 99
Nothing to complain about; Payton Wilson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Jason Marshall Jr. · CB · rank 109
They read the board right and Jason Marshall Jr. was the payoff at pick No. 117. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Tahj Brooks · RB · rank 138
A straight-up fair deal on Tahj Brooks at slot 139, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 165
They did well to land Zion Tupuola-Fetui in Round 5, Pick 33, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 169
Circle this one: Ainias Smith at the 198th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.36 · Pick 211 · Chau Smith-Wade · CB · rank 204
Chau Smith-Wade at slot 211 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Brant Kuithe · TE · rank 258
Brant Kuithe in No. 255 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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