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  • Jacob DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cardinals: B-.

The Cardinals treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 225 on Cam Horsley a full 22 spots early.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The Leonard value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Josh Conerly Jr.
In No. 16 they get protection for the quarterback, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Demetrius Knight Jr. at the 47th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick78 Rnd3 Shemar Turner
By-the-book stuff, Shemar Turner at the 78th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick115 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson slipping to slot 115 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick152 Rnd5 Riley Leonard
Riley Leonard in pick 152 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick225 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
A wild overpay on Cam Horsley in pick No. 225, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.