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  • Dave R DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (ARI)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Players Gained
Head Shot
Byron Murphy Jr.
CB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Cardinals let Green fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Cardinals were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.

It is not that Carson is a bad player; it is that the Cardinals had louder needs to answer first. The Green pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get a bendy edge with upside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick23 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In slot 23 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick27 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a go-to option on the outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick35 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
A premium they did not need to pay, Cooper Beebe a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick66 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at the 66th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick71 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
They paid a round early for Michael Hall Jr. in pick 71, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
Pick90 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
A want over a need in pick 90: Caelen Carson adds a cornerback while quarterback, running back and other spots keeps waiting.
Pick104 Rnd4 Renardo Green
Renardo Green in No. 104 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.