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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (ARI)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (ARI)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (ARI)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (ARI)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesA FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cardinals.

You can usually follow a front office's logic. This one is harder. The Cardinals spent the Round 3 slot on Caelen Carson while quarterback, tight end and other spots sat unaddressed.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They banked enough surplus on Worthy to cover a lot of smaller sins. The Carson pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In the 11th pick they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick23 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In No. 23 they get an island corner. More want than need.
Pick27 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get juice off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
No drama and no debate, Chris Braswell went about where he belonged in the 42nd overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick66 Rnd3 Xavier Worthy
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Xavier Worthy in the 66th pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick71 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes at slot 71 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick86 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
A curious use of pick 86. Quarterback, tight end and other spots needed the pick; a cornerback in Caelen Carson did not.
Pick90 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
A conviction pick on Christian Mahogany at pick No. 90 that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick104 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
A straight-up fair deal on Braelon Allen at the Round 4 slot, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray at pick 123 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.