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Scott Pawlus'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON NOV 3, 2025

2026 3rd Draft

  • Scott Pawlus DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Dante Moore Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (ARI)
Dante Moore
QB Oregon
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (ARI)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Cayden Green Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cayden Green
OT Missouri
Jack Endries Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jack Endries
TE Texas
David Oke Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (ARI)
David Oke
DL Arkansas
Gracen Halton Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Gracen Halton
DL Oklahoma
Cayden Lee Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Cayden Lee
WR Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals bet the future on Moore. The board says B.

Start where it matters. The Cardinals took Dante Moore to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The Lee reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Dante Moore
In pick 9 they get the face of the franchise. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick40 Rnd2 Anthony Hill Jr.
Anthony Hill Jr. in the 40th pick is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick71 Rnd3 Cayden Green
A wild overpay on Cayden Green in the Round 3 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick109 Rnd4 Jack Endries
Jack Endries at the 109th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick148 Rnd5 David Oke
David Oke at slot 148 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick188 Rnd6 Gracen Halton
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Gracen Halton. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick224 Rnd7 Cayden Lee
They reached into another round for Cayden Lee, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.