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Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (ARI)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Tampa fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let T.J. Tampa slide, and the Cardinals were the ones holding the card at slot 66. Highway robbery.

With quarterback, running back and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The Frazier reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In slot 4 they get a blindside protector. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick26 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In No. 26 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick35 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
The board had Bralen Trice higher than Round 2, Pick 3, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick66 Rnd3 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa in pick No. 66 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick71 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk is a better player than pick 71 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A curious use of the Round 3 slot. Quarterback, running back and other spots needed the pick; a DT-EDGE in Maason Smith did not.
Pick104 Rnd4 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in the 104th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick133 Rnd4 Jaden Hicks
Jaden Hicks at the 133rd overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick140 Rnd5 Cam Hart
Cam Hart at pick 140 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick188 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett at Round 6, Pick 13 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick225 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
Value with a capital V on Sheridan Jones in the Round 7 slot, a genuine coup. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick227 Rnd7 Miles Frazier
A reach on Miles Frazier in the 227th overall pick; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.