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Draft Selections
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Kobe Hudson Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Kobe Hudson
WR UCF
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Walker fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The Cardinals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jalon Walker, the No. 23 name on the board, in slot 47. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The Conerly Jr. pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Josh Conerly Jr.
In No. 16 they get a cornerstone up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker in pick No. 47 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick78 Rnd3 Quinn Ewers
A premium they did not need to pay, Quinn Ewers a notch or two before his time. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jamaree Caldwell
A reach for Jamaree Caldwell in Round 4, Pick 13; a little patience would have been rewarded. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick152 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
O'Donnell Fortune in slot 152 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick225 Rnd7 Kobe Hudson
A slide stopped in the 225th overall pick, with Kobe Hudson worth more than the price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.