CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals left with their quarterback, and a D to match.

by WannaBeJudon1020 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 1 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future A

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Cardinals, and the value they bled adds up to real damage. Hard to defend, and the D reflects that.

They have staked the next five years on Jayden Daniels, which is the only story that really matters here. If Tagovailoa pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

However the rest shakes out, Clark at that price is a win they earned.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In Round 1, Pick 5 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 13
In pick 17 they get a bendy edge with upside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 24
In slot 21 they get a cornerstone up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 31
Edgerrin Cooper at No. 34 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Kalen King · CB · rank 44
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kalen King. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 83
McKinnley Jackson at pick No. 76 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.34 · Pick 97 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 94
A tidy little value on Christian Haynes in the 97th overall pick, a step better than break-even. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 100
A straight-up fair deal on Graham Barton at the 102nd pick, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.13 · Pick 149 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 141
Quietly one of the better values of the day, MarShawn Lloyd at the 149th pick. It fills a real need, too.
R6.17 · Pick 192 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 167
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 192nd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Taulia Tagovailoa · QB · rank 241
They left a pile of value on the table to take Taulia Tagovailoa this early at pick 223. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.15 · Pick 235 · Benjamin Yurosek · TE · rank 237
They took Benjamin Yurosek at par in No. 235, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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