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Draft Selections
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Alexander should have been long gone. The Cardinals pounced, and earned a B-.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Darius Alexander tumbling to the Cardinals in No. 153 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. The cost of the Williams reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Cameron Williams
In the 16th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Landon Jackson
You do not let an edge rusher like Landon Jackson reach the 47th overall pick and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick78 Rnd3 Carson Schwesinger
No drama and no debate, Carson Schwesinger went about where he belonged in No. 78. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick114 Rnd4 Kyle McCord
They took Kyle McCord at par in pick 114, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick153 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Darius Alexander at Round 5, Pick 14 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.