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  • ian DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Blake Miller Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (ARI)
Blake Miller
OT Clemson
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Draft Picks Received
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (TEN)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (TEN)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Blake Miller Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TEN)
Blake Miller
OT Clemson
Draft Picks Traded
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (TEN)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Players Gained
Head Shot
JC Latham
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Kyler Murray
QB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Cardinals answered their biggest question with Ward. Grade: D.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cardinals did exactly that with Blake Miller in No. 107. It grades a D, and the process earned it.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Cam Ward is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

Landing Walker that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In the 4th overall pick they get a franchise quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick35 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kenneth Grant at slot 35. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
A linebacker of that caliber at the Round 2 slot is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick78 Rnd3 Omarr Norman-Lott
No edge and no loss on Omarr Norman-Lott in pick 78; it is a wash and a sensible one. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick107 Rnd4 Blake Miller
Blake Miller at pick No. 107 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick114 Rnd4 Mello Dotson
They went early on Mello Dotson in the 114th pick, and the value did not follow. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jaylin Noel
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jaylin Noel in the Round 5 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.