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Arizona Cardinals

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

by NtnRerun · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Thirty-one other rooms let Robert Lewis slide, and the Cardinals were the ones holding the card at the 251st overall pick. Highway robbery. Little to argue with here, and the A- says so.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The Cardinals paired the rookies with proven help, Deebo Samuel leading the way.

Bottom line, with T'Vondre Sweat leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 29
In No. 30 they get a load in the middle. A real need, handled.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 31
Edgerrin Cooper at slot 34 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 72
No drama and no debate, Quinyon Mitchell went about where he belonged in the 65th pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 69
They took Blake Corum at par in Round 3, Pick 2, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Ja'Lynn Polk · WR · rank 61
The board had Ja'Lynn Polk higher than pick No. 70, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · Michael Hall Jr. · DT · rank 85
No edge and no loss on Michael Hall Jr. in the 83rd overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 94
Nice patience on Christian Haynes, who had no business lasting to the Round 4 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Marshawn Kneeland · DE-EDGE · rank 116
A straight-up fair deal on Marshawn Kneeland at pick 109, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 117
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Khyree Jackson at No. 133. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 131
A tidy little value on Cade Stover in Round 4, Pick 36, a step better than break-even. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · KJ Jefferson · QB · rank 137
KJ Jefferson at the 139th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.15 · Pick 151 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 139
Tyler Guyton at the 151st overall pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · J. Michael Sturdivant · WR · rank 152
A tidy bit of business in pick 169, where J. Michael Sturdivant graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.34 · Pick 170 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 167
A reasonable price with a little left over, De'Corian Clark in the Round 5 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Robert Lewis · WR · rank 210
Somehow Robert Lewis was still sitting there in pick No. 251, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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