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  • jaytex DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Shemar James Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Shemar James
LB Florida
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Cardinals. For now, C+.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cardinals did exactly that with Aeneas Peebles in the 115th overall pick. A weekend of give and take that grades a C+.

The Collins pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

So much rides on Aireontae Ersery that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In No. 16 they get a blindside protector, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Trey Amos
Trey Amos at slot 47 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick78 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
They barely believed it either: Alfred Collins still on the board at the Round 3 slot. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick115 Rnd4 Aeneas Peebles
They left a pile of value on the table to take Aeneas Peebles this early at pick 115. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick152 Rnd5 Nick Nash
No edge and no loss on Nick Nash in Round 5, Pick 14; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick225 Rnd7 Shemar James
A premium they did not need to pay, Shemar James a notch or two before his time. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.