CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Arizona Cardinals

No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cardinals.

by j salz31 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

For all the names on the card, the loudest question went unanswered. The Cardinals walked out of the weekend still thin at edge rusher, a hole that has a way of deciding seasons.

Getting Benson where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They are betting Puni proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
In slot 2 they get a matchup problem out wide at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Jer'Zhan Newton · DL · rank 16
In pick 21 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. A real need, handled.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 31
Good price on Edgerrin Cooper in the 34th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 63
Mekhi Wingo at No. 66 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 57
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Trey Benson at Round 3, Pick 6 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 98
A conviction pick on Dominick Puni at pick No. 85 that the board grades a round light. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Tory Horton · WR · rank 93
The board had Tory Horton higher than the Round 4 slot, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 120
Spencer Rattler at the 133rd overall pick is money in the bank, a quarterback taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Tahj Brooks · RB · rank 138
Tahj Brooks in pick 139 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Ajani Cornelius · OL · rank 177
They paid up for Ajani Cornelius at slot 169 when waiting would have done the job. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Isaiah Adams · OT · rank 191
Isaiah Adams in the Round 6 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 215
A quiet steal in the 223rd pick: Joshua Gray for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · DeWayne Carter · DT · rank 217
A tidy bit of business in Round 7, Pick 6, where DeWayne Carter graded well above the range. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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