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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (ARI)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (ARI)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (ARI)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LAR)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TEN)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NYG)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (TEN)
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PICK: RND: 6 (NYG)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NYG)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesC- FutureA+
The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Mohamed Kamara at the 107th pick is 25 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. The bottom line is a respectable B.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. With quarterback, tight end and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In pick 19 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 difference-maker at receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick35 Rnd2 Darius Robinson
Darius Robinson at pick No. 35 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick47 Rnd2 Roman Wilson
They took Roman Wilson at par in No. 47, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick66 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes at the Round 3 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick71 Rnd3 Kamren Kinchens
A clean, defensible pick in slot 71 with a little surplus value in Kamren Kinchens. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick90 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Caelen Carson adds a cornerback and leaves quarterback, tight end and other spots untouched.
Pick104 Rnd4 Jalen McMillan
They did well to land Jalen McMillan in the Round 4 slot, just ahead of his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick106 Rnd4 MarShawn Lloyd
A tidy bit of business in No. 106, where MarShawn Lloyd graded well above the range. The roster fit checks out.
Pick107 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
Mohamed Kamara in pick 107 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.