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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ARI)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (ARI)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (ARI)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (ARI)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (ARI)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (ARI)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (ARI)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ARI)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (ARI)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Steve Linton Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Steve Linton
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jahdae Barron
S Texas
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (LAC)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (LAC)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LAC)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (LAC)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
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Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (LAC)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesC FutureA
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and Smith: B.

The Cardinals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Maason Smith, the No. 78 name on the board, in the 103rd pick.

Spending an early pick on DT-EDGE with quarterback and tight end open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
By-the-book stuff, Olumuyiwa Fashanu at pick 8 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick17 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In pick No. 17 they get a go-to option on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
They let Emeka Egbuka come to them and pounced at the Round 2 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick40 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
Chris Braswell in the 40th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick67 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
A clean, defensible pick in slot 67 with a little surplus value in Denzel Burke. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick73 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
No drama and no debate, Sedrick Van Pran went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 9. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick81 Rnd3 Mekhi Wingo
Mekhi Wingo slipping to the 81st pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick103 Rnd4 Maason Smith
A surprising call. With quarterback and tight end still to address, they spent No. 103 on Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE they were not short of.
Pick108 Rnd4 Beau Brade
They paid sticker price for Beau Brade in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick133 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Of all the spots to shop, they chose cornerback. Khyree Jackson in pick 133 leaves quarterback and tight end for later.
Pick140 Rnd5 Payton Wilson
They took Payton Wilson at par in the 140th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick145 Rnd5 Devin Neal
Devin Neal at slot 145 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick165 Rnd5 Zy Alexander
A straight-up fair deal on Zy Alexander at pick No. 165, value and slot in agreement. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick198 Rnd6 Jasheen Davis
Jasheen Davis in No. 198 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick224 Rnd7 Steve Linton
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 4: Steve Linton for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jahdae Barron
No edge and no loss on Jahdae Barron in the 227th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.