dshifflet'S MOCK DRAFT

2024 with trades

  • dshifflet DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (ARI)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Draft Picks Received
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DEN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (CHI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (CAR)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesC+ FutureA
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cardinals.

Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Cardinals never addressed quarterback, and it is the kind of gap that lingers. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In pick No. 11 they get a home-run threat at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick12 Rnd1 JC Latham
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick35 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
They paid sticker price for Payton Wilson in pick 35, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.