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Draft Selections
Colin Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Colin Simmons
LB-EDGE Texas
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (ARI)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
A'Mauri Washington Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (ARI)
A'Mauri Washington
DT Oregon
Ben Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (ARI)
Ben Roberts
LB Texas Tech
Iapani Laloulu Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Iapani Laloulu
C Oregon
Kameryn Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kameryn Crawford
DE-EDGE USC
Jayden Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jayden Jackson
DT Oklahoma
Kayin Lee Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (ARI)
Kayin Lee
CB Tennessee
Xavier Chaplin Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (ARI)
Xavier Chaplin
OT Florida State
Draft Picks Received
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Ben Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Ben Roberts
LB Texas Tech
Kameryn Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (LAC)
Kameryn Crawford
DE-EDGE USC
Draft Picks Traded
A.J. Holmes Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (LAC)
A.J. Holmes Jr.
DL Texas Tech
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in No. 55: the Cardinals steal Echoles and grade out a B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Will Echoles had no business being available in pick No. 55, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

The cost of the Crawford reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Roberts pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback, wide receiver and other spots still on the board.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Colin Simmons
By-the-book stuff, Colin Simmons at the 3rd pick squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick55 Rnd2 Will Echoles
Will Echoles in No. 55 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick65 Rnd3 A'Mauri Washington
Taking A'Mauri Washington in pick 65 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick86 Rnd3 Ben Roberts
A curious use of slot 86. Quarterback, wide receiver and other spots needed the pick; a linebacker in Ben Roberts did not.
Pick104 Rnd4 Iapani Laloulu
They let Iapani Laloulu come to them and pounced at the Round 4 slot. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick123 Rnd4 Kameryn Crawford
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Kameryn Crawford well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick141 Rnd5 Jayden Jackson
Jayden Jackson slid further than he should have, and the 141st overall pick is lovely value for the interior defensive lineman. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick181 Rnd6 Kayin Lee
Kayin Lee in Round 6, Pick 2 lands just on the right side of the ledger. This was not a hole anyone had circled.
Pick217 Rnd7 Xavier Chaplin
Xavier Chaplin at pick No. 217 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.