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Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (ARI)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (ARI)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Kobe Hudson Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Kobe Hudson
WR UCF
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (ARI)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (BAL)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (CAR)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Players traded away
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Jalen Thompson
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Sean Murphy-Bunting
CB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall C-
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The phones sank the Cardinals this weekend: C-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Cardinals spent slot 230 on Thor Griffith, a name most had 84 spots down the list. A mixed bag that lands at C-.

However the rest shakes out, Tuten at that price is a win they earned. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

If Kenneth Grant and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In Round 1, Pick 16 they get an anchor for the defensive front. A real need, handled.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jonah Savaiinaea
They paid sticker price for Jonah Savaiinaea in pick No. 47, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jared Ivey
A straight-up fair deal on Jared Ivey at the Round 3 slot, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick114 Rnd4 Xavier Restrepo
Value with a capital V on Xavier Restrepo in the 114th pick, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick115 Rnd4 Will Howard
Will Howard at pick 115 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick136 Rnd4 Emery Jones Jr.
A quiet steal in No. 136: Emery Jones Jr. for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick140 Rnd5 Kobe King
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kobe King in slot 140. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick152 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Hollin Pierce at pick No. 152 is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick176 Rnd5 Bhayshul Tuten
Somehow Bhayshul Tuten was still sitting there in No. 176, and they pounced on premier running back value. The roster fit checks out.
Pick183 Rnd6 Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson at the Round 6 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick203 Rnd6 Jason Marshall Jr.
Jason Marshall Jr. at the 203rd pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick225 Rnd7 Kobe Hudson
A tidy bit of business in the 225th overall pick, where Kobe Hudson graded well above the range. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick230 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
They reached into another round for Thor Griffith, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.