The phones were a trap the Cardinals kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. Too much went sideways, and the D- is the honest tally.

Reaching for Green left real value on the table behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Landing Allar that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.