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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
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Robert Longerbeam Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Robert Longerbeam
CB Rutgers
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with Jamaree Caldwell at pick No. 78, a reach of 50 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Shough at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Wyatt Milum
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback, a steep price for the projection. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick47 Rnd2 Demetrius Knight Jr.
A conviction pick on Demetrius Knight Jr. at the 47th pick that the board grades a round light. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell at No. 78 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo at slot 115 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick152 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
They let Tyler Shough come to them and pounced at pick 152. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick225 Rnd7 Robert Longerbeam
Robert Longerbeam in the 225th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.