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Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Myles Jones Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Myles Jones
CB Duke
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals robbed the room for Wilson. Final grade: B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Payton Wilson got past him. The Cardinals do not have to explain a thing at Round 4, Pick 5.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Reaching for Powers-Johnson left real value on the table behind him.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In pick 4 they get protection for the quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick27 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a disruptive interior force at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick35 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
A reach on Jackson Powers-Johnson in pick No. 35; the board had better options right there. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick66 Rnd3 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at the 66th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick71 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Johnny Wilson. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick90 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
The board had Malachi Corley higher than the Round 3 slot, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick105 Rnd4 Payton Wilson
They will replay Payton Wilson at slot 105 for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick137 Rnd5 Cam Hart
Cam Hart in the 137th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick188 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
They robbed the room for Cody Schrader here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick222 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
A tidy bit of business in slot 222, where De'Corian Clark graded well above the range. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick224 Rnd7 Myles Jones
Myles Jones in No. 224 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.