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  • jbjaguar DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (ARI)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Josh Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
Josh Proctor
S Ohio State
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ARI)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals won the night they stopped Barrett from sliding. Grade: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Michael Barrett, Round 7, Pick 21, roughly 23 picks past where he belonged.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The Smith pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher and interior defensive lineman still on the board.

Spann-Ford has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In the 4th pick they get a No. 1 receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick27 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In pick No. 27 they get an island corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick35 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan in slot 35 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick66 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
They paid sticker price for Ja'Lynn Polk in No. 66, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick71 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
No drama and no debate, Cooper Beebe went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 7. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick90 Rnd3 Trey Benson
Trey Benson in the Round 3 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick105 Rnd4 Maason Smith
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE with edge rusher and interior defensive lineman open.
Pick137 Rnd5 Kalen King
By-the-book stuff, Kalen King at pick 137 squarely in line with his ranking. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick161 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
No edge and no loss on Luke McCaffrey in the Round 5 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick188 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
Joe Milton III at No. 188 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick222 Rnd7 Josh Proctor
A clean, defensible pick in the 222nd overall pick with a little surplus value in Josh Proctor. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick224 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
They jumped the gun on Brevyn Spann-Ford, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick241 Rnd7 Michael Barrett
They robbed the room for Michael Barrett here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.