Willyboys'S MOCK DRAFT

Niner 5

  • Willyboys DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Jeremy Crawshaw Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jeremy Crawshaw
P Florida
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cardinals took Jeremy Crawshaw a full 84 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The whole projection now runs through Shedeur Sanders; hit there and everything else looks smarter. Loveland at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
A clean, defensible pick in No. 16 with a little surplus value in Shedeur Sanders. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick47 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
They robbed the room for Colston Loveland here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jacob Parrish
Jacob Parrish in pick 78 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jackson Slater
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jackson Slater. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick152 Rnd5 Jeremy Crawshaw
A real head-scratcher, Jeremy Crawshaw in the Round 5 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.