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Draft Selections
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (ARI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (ARI)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (ARI)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (ARI)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (ARI)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (ARI)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Williams in the fold, and a B for the Cardinals.

When a board-topper like Keon Coleman slides to the 226th overall pick, you do not overthink it, and the Cardinals did not.

Caleb Williams is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Caleb Williams. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick21 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In No. 21 they get a bendy edge with upside at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jer'Zhan Newton
Jer'Zhan Newton in pick 34 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick66 Rnd3 Xavier Worthy
Circle this one: Xavier Worthy at slot 66 is a fall that decides a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick70 Rnd3 Xavier Worthy
They barely believed it either: Xavier Worthy still on the board at Round 3, Pick 6. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick85 Rnd3 JT Tuimoloau
They will replay JT Tuimoloau at pick No. 85 for years; that is how good the value is. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick102 Rnd4 Josh Newton
Josh Newton in No. 102 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick133 Rnd4 Troy Franklin
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 133rd pick is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick139 Rnd5 Nate Wiggins
They robbed the room for Nate Wiggins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick169 Rnd5 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman at the Round 5 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick198 Rnd6 Keon Coleman
You do not let a wide receiver like Keon Coleman reach pick 198 and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick223 Rnd7 Keon Coleman
The board fumbled Keon Coleman all the way to the 223rd pick, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick226 Rnd7 Keon Coleman
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Keon Coleman in No. 226, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.