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Draft Selections
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Robert Longerbeam Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Robert Longerbeam
CB Rutgers
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B to prove it.

For all the boxes ticked, the Cardinals skipped the loudest one: edge rusher is exactly as bare as it was. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Getting Booker where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Every board in the league had Bassa lower, and that gap is the story. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Armand Membou
In pick 16 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
The board had Tyler Booker higher than the Round 2 slot, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick78 Rnd3 Elic Ayomanor
They read the board right and Elic Ayomanor was the payoff at Round 3, Pick 14. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jeffrey Bassa
They paid a round early for Jeffrey Bassa in slot 115, more than the board wanted. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
A quiet steal in the 152nd pick: Kurtis Rourke for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick225 Rnd7 Robert Longerbeam
Robert Longerbeam at pick No. 225 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.