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Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (ARI)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (ARI)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (ARI)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (ARI)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (ARI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (TEN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (TEN)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesD+ FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Cardinals.

Nobody else had Brenden Rice anywhere near No. 81. The Cardinals did, by 32 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Egbuka steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 7 they get a building block for the line at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick17 Rnd1 Bralen Trice
In the Round 1 slot they get a problem off the edge. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick36 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Value with a capital V on Emeka Egbuka in Round 2, Pick 4, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick68 Rnd3 Blake Corum
By-the-book stuff, Blake Corum at pick No. 68 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick71 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Nothing to complain about; Leonard Taylor III went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick81 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
They talked themselves into Brenden Rice at pick 81, and the board did not agree. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.