Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON NOV 6, 2025

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  • Jaybeast17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (ARI)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Xavier Chaplin Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ARI)
Xavier Chaplin
OT Auburn
Derek Williams Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ARI)
Derek Williams Jr.
S Texas
DJ Harvey Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ARI)
DJ Harvey
CB USC
Hank Brown Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Hank Brown
QB Iowa
Jalen Hale Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jalen Hale
WR Alabama
Pat Coogan Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Pat Coogan
C Indiana
Draft Picks Received
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (CLE)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Nico Iamaleava Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CLE)
Nico Iamaleava
QB UCLA
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CLE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CLE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CLE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players traded away
Head Shot
Sean Murphy-Bunting
CB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall F
ValueF NeedB+ TradesD FutureD
The Cardinals jumped the board for Brown and paid for it: F.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Cardinals took Hank Brown at slot 152, roughly 307 spots before his name belonged. The warnings were there, and the F is the bill.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

In short, a weekend the front office will want to forget in a hurry.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Patrick Payton
In the Round 1 slot they get a double-digit-sack hope, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick43 Rnd2 Xavier Chaplin
Value said wait; Xavier Chaplin in pick No. 43 says they were not listening. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick74 Rnd3 Derek Williams Jr.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Derek Williams Jr. this early at No. 74. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick113 Rnd4 DJ Harvey
A big swing on DJ Harvey at the 113th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick152 Rnd5 Hank Brown
A real head-scratcher, Hank Brown in pick 152 is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick190 Rnd6 Jalen Hale
Jalen Hale at slot 190 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick224 Rnd7 Pat Coogan
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Pat Coogan well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.