Bubba 101'S MOCK DRAFT

Bubba

  • Bubba 101 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Lawson fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Deontae Lawson, No. 151, roughly 70 picks past where he belonged. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

If Rourke pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Cameron Williams
In slot 16 they get a cornerstone up front, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon slid further than he should have, and pick No. 47 is lovely value for the interior defensive lineman. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick78 Rnd3 Kurtis Rourke
They reached a country mile for Kurtis Rourke at Round 3, Pick 14, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick114 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson at the 114th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick151 Rnd5 Deontae Lawson
They robbed the room for Deontae Lawson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.