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  • jbjaguar DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Spencer Rattler Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Jalen Berger Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jalen Berger
RB Michigan State
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B- to prove it.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cardinals shredded theirs for Matthew Jones. He came off 45 spots early, and the room will hear about it. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

The Berger steal is the beam this whole class leans on. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick26 Rnd1 Kamari Lassiter
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get a sticky cover corner. More want than need.
Pick35 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka at pick No. 35 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick66 Rnd3 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson at slot 66 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick71 Rnd3 Byron Murphy II
No edge and no loss on Byron Murphy II in pick 71; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick89 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 89th overall pick on Maason Smith with tight end unsolved.
Pick104 Rnd4 Spencer Rattler
A tidy little value on Spencer Rattler in pick No. 104, a step better than break-even. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick133 Rnd4 Kamal Hadden
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Kamal Hadden while clear needs at tight end sat open.
Pick140 Rnd5 Nelson Ceaser
They took Nelson Ceaser at par in Round 5, Pick 4, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick188 Rnd6 Matthew Jones
A wild overpay on Matthew Jones in slot 188, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick225 Rnd7 Jalen Berger
Circle this one: Jalen Berger at the Round 7 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
Pick227 Rnd7 Steele Chambers
Nice patience on Steele Chambers, who had no business lasting to No. 227. A need, and now a little less of one.