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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Bilhal Kone Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Bilhal Kone
CB Western Michigan
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in slot 47: the Cardinals steal McMillan and grade out a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Tetairoa McMillan, pick No. 47, roughly 36 picks past where he belonged.

The Zabel pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
Grey Zabel at slot 16 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.
Pick47 Rnd2 Tetairoa McMillan
Somehow Tetairoa McMillan was still sitting there in the 47th overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick78 Rnd3 Chris Paul Jr.
Chris Paul Jr. at No. 78 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick152 Rnd5 Riley Leonard
Riley Leonard at Round 5, Pick 14 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick225 Rnd7 Bilhal Kone
No drama and no debate, Bilhal Kone went about where he belonged in pick 225. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.