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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Cardinals: B.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Cardinals did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to wide receiver, which was the need that mattered most.

Rourke falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In the 16th overall pick they get a blindside protector. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jihaad Campbell in the 47th pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick78 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
A slide stopped in pick No. 78, with Tate Ratledge worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips at pick 115 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
They let Kurtis Rourke come to them and pounced at slot 152. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.