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Draft Selections
Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Zakhari Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Zakhari Franklin
WR Mississippi
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (LAR)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Players Gained
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Aaron Donald
DT
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Zach Tom
C
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall A
ValueA- NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
Larceny in Round 7, Pick 5 lands the Cardinals a A, Randolph Jr. and all.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Keith Randolph Jr. tumbling to the Cardinals in slot 225 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

It is not that Arnold is a bad player; it is that the Cardinals had louder needs to answer first. The Allen reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Bottom line, with Nate Wiggins leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Nate Wiggins
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a ballhawk on the outside, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick35 Rnd2 Jared Verse
They robbed the room for Jared Verse here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick66 Rnd3 Adonai Mitchell
They barely believed it either: Adonai Mitchell still on the board at slot 66. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick71 Rnd3 Terrion Arnold
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Terrion Arnold while clear needs at quarterback, tight end and other spots sat open.
Pick90 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe slipping to No. 90 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick104 Rnd4 Kamren Kinchens
Somehow Kamren Kinchens was still sitting there in the Round 4 slot, and they pounced on premier safety value. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick133 Rnd4 Jaden Hicks
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Jaden Hicks at safety with quarterback, tight end and other spots open.
Pick140 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
They jumped the gun on Braelon Allen, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick188 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
A slide stopped in No. 188, with Jaylan Ford worth more than the price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick225 Rnd7 Keith Randolph Jr.
Taking Keith Randolph Jr. in the 225th pick is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick227 Rnd7 Zakhari Franklin
Zakhari Franklin at the 227th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.