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    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (ARI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (ARI)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Marcus Harris Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Marcus Harris
DE-EDGE Auburn
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (ARI)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (ARI)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Myles Cole Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
Myles Cole
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Trajan Jeffcoat Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Trajan Jeffcoat
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Ryan Watts Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ARI)
Ryan Watts
CB Texas
Draft Picks Received
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (LAC)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DEN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LAC)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (LAC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (LAC)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (DEN)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (DEN)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (DEN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB
Good, not great, for the Cardinals: B.

Nobody else had Trajan Jeffcoat anywhere near Round 7, Pick 4. The Cardinals did, by 79 spots, and that gap is the whole story. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Polk. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In slot 5 they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick12 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the Round 1 slot they get a cornerstone up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick69 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Taking Payton Wilson in pick 69 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Pick71 Rnd3 Max Melton
Max Melton at pick No. 71 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick90 Rnd3 Marcus Harris
Marcus Harris in the 90th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick105 Rnd4 Ja'Lynn Polk
Somehow Ja'Lynn Polk was still sitting there in the 105th pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick106 Rnd4 Christian Mahogany
A clean, defensible pick in the 106th overall pick with a little surplus value in Christian Mahogany. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick137 Rnd5 Renardo Green
Renardo Green at pick 137 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick161 Rnd5 Nathaniel Watson
A wild overpay on Nathaniel Watson in pick No. 161, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick188 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper at Round 6, Pick 13 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick222 Rnd7 Myles Cole
Myles Cole in the 222nd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick224 Rnd7 Trajan Jeffcoat
A real head-scratcher, Trajan Jeffcoat in No. 224 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ryan Watts
The board had cheaper options than Ryan Watts at the Round 7 slot, and it noticed. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.