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Draft Selections
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint...
WR Georgia
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Myles Cole Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (ARI)
Myles Cole
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Draft Picks Received
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (IND)
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint...
WR Georgia
Myles Cole Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (IND)
Myles Cole
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PIT)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NYG)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (IND)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (NYG)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (GB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (GB)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Jaire Alexander
CB
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Saquon Barkley
RB
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Stefon Diggs
WR
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Blake Freeland
OT
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Kyle Hamilton
S
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Josh Myers
C
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Kayvon Thibodeaux
EDGE
Players traded away
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Hjalte Froholdt
OG
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Jalen Thompson
CB
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Zaven Collins
EDGE
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB+
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Cardinals a B+.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Cardinals came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Cardinals had louder needs to answer first. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.

Reaching for Randolph Jr. left real value on the table behind him.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick82 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A tidy little value on Cooper Beebe in No. 82, a step better than break-even. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick90 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE and leaves running back untouched.
Pick120 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
They took Tommy Eichenberg at par in pick No. 120, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick133 Rnd4 Keith Randolph Jr.
A conviction pick on Keith Randolph Jr. at Round 4, Pick 33 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick140 Rnd5 Justin Rogers
Justin Rogers at pick 140 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick153 Rnd5 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint
A quiet steal in slot 153: Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick188 Rnd6 Christian Jones
By-the-book stuff, Christian Jones at the Round 6 slot squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
They read the board right and Brevyn Spann-Ford was the payoff at the 225th pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick227 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Taulia Tagovailoa in No. 227 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick235 Rnd7 Myles Cole
They paid up for Myles Cole at the 235th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.