The board owed the Cardinals one, and it paid up: Tyler Shough, the No. 139 name on the board, sitting there at No. 225 like a gift left on the doorstep.

If Higgins pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They will regret leaving wide receiver for another day if the season turns on it. Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.