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Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ARI)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Kevin Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kevin Jennings
QB SMU
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals did not so much draft Kevin Jennings as overpay for him, 87 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

They banked enough surplus on Knight Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Jonah Savaiinaea
In No. 16 they get a cornerstone up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Benjamin Morrison
By-the-book stuff, Benjamin Morrison at slot 47 squarely in line with his ranking. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
They did well to land Jayden Higgins in pick No. 78, just ahead of his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick113 Rnd4 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Taking Demetrius Knight Jr. in the 113th pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick151 Rnd5 Kevin Jennings
Kevin Jennings at pick 151 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.