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Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall
A-
ValueB
NeedB
TradesA+
FutureA+
Nobody dealt better than the Cardinals this weekend: A-. They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Tanor Bortolini, 49 picks early at pick 138. Just about everything broke right, and the A- follows.
On value alone, Dixon makes the weekend a net positive. The phones were where this weekend was really won. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.
The Sainristil pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback, tight end and other spots still on the board.
Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Terrion Arnold and all.
Pick Analysis
Pick10
Rnd1
Rome Odunze
In No. 10 they get a matchup problem out wide. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick27
Rnd1
Terrion Arnold
In pick No. 27 they get a potential shutdown corner at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick35
Rnd2
Chop Robinson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Chop Robinson at Round 2, Pick 3 is the proof. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick66
Rnd3
Mike Sainristil
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback, tight end and other spots to take Mike Sainristil, a cornerback that was not the priority.
Pick71
Rnd3
Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley slipping to pick 71 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick72
Rnd3
Kingsley Suamataia
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kingsley Suamataia in the 72nd pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick90
Rnd3
Jalen McMillan
Jalen McMillan at slot 90 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick104
Rnd4
Maason Smith
Maason Smith at No. 104 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick138
Rnd5
Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini at the 138th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick162
Rnd5
Sione Vaki
Sione Vaki at the 162nd overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick185
Rnd6
Garret Greenfield
A real head-scratcher, Garret Greenfield in Round 6, Pick 10 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick186
Rnd6
Jase McClellan
A reach for Jase McClellan in pick 186; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick226
Rnd7
Johnny Dixon
Johnny Dixon in the Round 7 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.















