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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cardinals: B.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Cardinals would have aced it. Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 152 is 28 spots clear of where he belonged.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. That Winston Jr. pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In pick No. 16 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick47 Rnd2 Tyleik Williams
A reasonable price with a little left over, Tyleik Williams in the 47th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick78 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
They let Donovan Jackson come to them and pounced at No. 78. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick115 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. slipping to slot 115 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick152 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They reached into another round for Dont'e Thornton Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick225 Rnd7 Alijah Huzzie
A slide stopped in Round 7, Pick 9, with Alijah Huzzie worth more than the price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.