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Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall
B-
ValueC
NeedB
TradesB-
FutureB-
The Cardinals checked most of the boxes and earned a B-. Nobody had DJ Uiagalelei this high, and it is not close. The Cardinals reached 195 spots to get him at slot 115.
The Fortune value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want.
They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick Analysis
Pick16
Rnd1
Derrick Harmon
In slot 16 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, reach and all.
Pick47
Rnd2
Jaxson Dart
Jaxson Dart in pick 47 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick78
Rnd3
Elic Ayomanor
The board had Elic Ayomanor higher than the Round 3 slot, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick115
Rnd4
DJ Uiagalelei
A swing that ignored the value entirely, DJ Uiagalelei well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick152
Rnd5
DJ Giddens
A wild overpay on DJ Giddens in Round 5, Pick 14, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Pick225
Rnd7
O'Donnell Fortune
O'Donnell Fortune at pick No. 225 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.