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    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (ARI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (ARI)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (ARI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (ARI)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ARI)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (ARI)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (ARI)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NYG)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (LAR)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (LAR)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NYG)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (CIN)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA FutureB
Nothing loud, just a tidy B+ for the Cardinals.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cardinals took Matthew Jones a full 39 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Green. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In the 6th pick they get a home-run threat at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick27 Rnd1 JC Latham
In No. 27 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
The board had Chop Robinson higher than pick 35, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick47 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cooper Beebe. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kris Jenkins
They took Kris Jenkins at par in the 49th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick66 Rnd3 Adisa Isaac
Adisa Isaac in Round 3, Pick 2 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick99 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
No edge and no loss on Brenden Rice in pick No. 99; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick104 Rnd4 Renardo Green
Renardo Green at slot 104 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick138 Rnd5 Dallin Holker
Dallin Holker at pick 138 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The roster fit checks out.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Jarrian Jones at the 162nd pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick186 Rnd6 Dillon Johnson
They robbed the room for Dillon Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick209 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
They paid a round early for JD Bertrand in the 209th overall pick, more than the board wanted. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick226 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
A real head-scratcher, Matthew Jones in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.