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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Ohio
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Julian Pearl
OT-EDGE Illinois
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals bet the future on Maye. The board says B.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Cardinals committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The cost of the Rourke reach is exactly the players who went right after him. However the rest shakes out, Pearl at that price is a win they earned. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 4th pick they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick27 Rnd1 Ladd McConkey
In the Round 1 slot they get a weapon on the perimeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick35 Rnd2 Troy Fautanu
Fair-plus on Troy Fautanu, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick66 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at Round 3, Pick 2 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The roster fit checks out.
Pick71 Rnd3 Brandon Dorlus
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brandon Dorlus. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick90 Rnd3 Braden Fiske
A slide stopped in the 90th overall pick, with Braden Fiske worth more than the price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick105 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Nothing to complain about; Dominick Puni went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick137 Rnd5 DJ James
You do not let a cornerback like DJ James reach No. 137 and blink. They did not. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick188 Rnd6 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
They reached a country mile for Tyrone Tracy Jr. at the 188th pick, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick222 Rnd7 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke at No. 222 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick224 Rnd7 Julian Pearl
Julian Pearl at pick 224 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fits a board better than it fits this team.