You can draft well and still miss the point. The Cardinals did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to quarterback, which was the need that mattered most.

If Walker pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Job largely done: linebacker settled and 1 of 8 of the wish list covered.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.