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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

For all the names on the card, the loudest question went unanswered. The Cardinals walked out of the weekend still thin at edge rusher, a hole that has a way of deciding seasons. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

If Zabel pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. That Rourke pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In pick No. 16 they get a long-term starter on the line, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Trey Amos
They took Trey Amos at par in pick 47, which is nothing to complain about. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick78 Rnd3 Carson Schwesinger
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Carson Schwesinger at No. 78 is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell at the Round 4 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
A slide stopped in Round 5, Pick 14, with Kurtis Rourke worth more than the price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick225 Rnd7 Ricky White III
A quiet steal in the 225th pick: Ricky White III for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.