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  • tdtppa DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Mac McWilliams Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Mac McWilliams
CB UCF
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

For all the names on the card, the loudest question went unanswered. The Cardinals walked out of the weekend still thin at wide receiver, a hole that has a way of deciding seasons. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The Milum pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Getting Rourke where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Wyatt Milum
In pick No. 16 they get a blindside protector, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Demetrius Knight Jr.
A conviction pick on Demetrius Knight Jr. at the Round 2 slot that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick78 Rnd3 Shemar Turner
No drama and no debate, Shemar Turner went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 14. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick115 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
No edge and no loss on Joshua Farmer in No. 115; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke at the 152nd overall pick is money in the bank, a quarterback taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick225 Rnd7 Mac McWilliams
Mac McWilliams in pick 225 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.