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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (ARI)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Jalen Green Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jalen Green
S Mississippi State
Kenny Logan Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Kenny Logan Jr.
S Kansas
Draft Picks Received
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Players Gained
Head Shot
Ezra Cleveland
OG
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA FutureA+
About as clean as a draft gets for the Cardinals: A-.

The Taulia Tagovailoa selection is the head-turner. The Cardinals reached 32 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

It is not that Dixon is a bad player; it is that the Cardinals had louder needs to answer first. They banked enough surplus on Logan Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

Few war rooms will sleep better than this one tonight.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In Round 1, Pick 11 they get a problem off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick26 Rnd1 Keon Coleman
In slot 26 they get a matchup problem out wide at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick35 Rnd2 Graham Barton
Graham Barton in the 35th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick66 Rnd3 D.J. James
D.J. James in No. 66 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick71 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
No drama and no debate, Brenden Rice went about where he belonged in pick No. 71. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Braden Fiske
Braden Fiske at the 89th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick104 Rnd4 Tyler Davis
A quiet steal in No. 104: Tyler Davis for less than the market said. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick133 Rnd4 Johnny Dixon
They bypassed pressing needs at running back and tight end to take Johnny Dixon, a cornerback that was not the priority.
Pick140 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg slipping to pick No. 140 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Pick188 Rnd6 Taulia Tagovailoa
A big swing on Taulia Tagovailoa at Round 6, Pick 13, well ahead of any board in the building. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Jalen Green
A tidy bit of business in slot 225, where Jalen Green graded well above the range. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick227 Rnd7 Kenny Logan Jr.
They robbed the room for Kenny Logan Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.