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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals' one glaring miss is quarterback, a need they left exactly as they found it. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

They are betting Jackson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Edwards falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In pick No. 16 they get a blindside protector, reach and all. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick47 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Value said wait; Donovan Jackson in the 47th pick says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick78 Rnd3 Cam Skattebo
A reach for Cam Skattebo in slot 78; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick115 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
A tidy bit of business in pick 115, where Tez Johnson graded well above the range. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick152 Rnd5 Pat Bryant
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Pat Bryant. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick225 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
Nice patience on Donovan Edwards, who had no business lasting to No. 225. A need, and now a little less of one.