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Draft Selections
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall
B
ValueB
NeedB+
TradesB-
FutureB-
The Cardinals let Wheatley fall and pounced. Final grade: B. Thirty-one other rooms let Zakee Wheatley slide, and the Cardinals were the ones holding the card at the 104th pick. Highway robbery.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick Analysis
Pick3
Rnd1
Francis Mauigoa
No edge and no loss on Francis Mauigoa in slot 3; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick34
Rnd2
Christen Miller
A reasonable price with a little left over, Christen Miller in pick 34. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick65
Rnd3
Jake Slaughter
They barely believed it either: Jake Slaughter still on the board at No. 65. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick104
Rnd4
Zakee Wheatley
A safety of that caliber at Round 4, Pick 4 is the definition of value, full stop. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick141
Rnd5
Bryce Lance
They let Bryce Lance come to them and pounced at pick No. 141. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick183
Rnd6
Drew Allar
They robbed the room for Drew Allar here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick217
Rnd7
Josh Moten
A tidy little value on Josh Moten in the Round 7 slot, a step better than break-even. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.







