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Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Simeon Barrow Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Simeon Barrow Jr.
DL Miami
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

Nobody had Aireontae Ersery this high, and it is not close. The Cardinals reached 31 spots to get him at Round 1, Pick 16.

Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. On value alone, Knight Jr. makes the weekend a net positive.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In pick No. 16 they get a cornerstone up front, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick78 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Demetrius Knight Jr. reach No. 78 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jared Wilson in Round 4, Pick 13. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke at pick 152 is money in the bank, a quarterback taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick225 Rnd7 Simeon Barrow Jr.
They took Simeon Barrow Jr. at par in the 225th pick, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.