Kraig'S MOCK DRAFT
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2-24-25

  • Kraig DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Vernon Broughton Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Vernon Broughton
DL Texas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B to prove it.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Vernon Broughton, 79 picks early at pick 78. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

That Ewers pick is the receipt they will wave around later. Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In slot 16 they get a cornerstone up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
They did well to land Jihaad Campbell in the 47th pick, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick78 Rnd3 Vernon Broughton
They talked themselves into Vernon Broughton at pick 78, and the board did not agree. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick114 Rnd4 Maxwell Hairston
They robbed the room for Maxwell Hairston here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick153 Rnd5 Quinn Ewers
They barely believed it either: Quinn Ewers still on the board at Round 5, Pick 14. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.