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RUN ON JUN 3, 2026

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    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Jeremiah Smith Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jeremiah Smith
WR Ohio State
Byrum Brown Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (ARI)
Byrum Brown
QB Auburn
John Henry Daley Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (ARI)
John Henry Daley
DE Utah
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Lawson Luckie Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (ARI)
Lawson Luckie
TE Georgia
Drew Mestemaker Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (ARI)
Drew Mestemaker
QB Oklahoma State
Marcus Neal Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (ARI)
Marcus Neal Jr.
S Iowa State
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

The Cardinals treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the Round 2 slot on Byrum Brown a full 30 spots early.

The Daley pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Jeremiah Smith
A straight-up fair deal on Jeremiah Smith at slot 3, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick34 Rnd2 Byrum Brown
A wild overpay on Byrum Brown in pick No. 34, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick65 Rnd3 John Henry Daley
Somehow John Henry Daley was still sitting there in the 65th overall pick, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick104 Rnd4 Earnest Greene III
Earnest Greene III at the 104th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick141 Rnd5 Lawson Luckie
They paid sticker price for Lawson Luckie in Round 5, Pick 3, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick181 Rnd6 Drew Mestemaker
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Drew Mestemaker. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick217 Rnd7 Marcus Neal Jr.
A slide stopped in slot 217, with Marcus Neal Jr. worth more than the price. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.