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Draft Selections
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ARI)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Nix in the fold, and a C+ for the Cardinals.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with AJ Barner at the 71st pick, a reach of 133 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. A weekend of give and take that grades a C+.

The King pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The whole projection now runs through Bo Nix; hit there and everything else looks smarter.

A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.

So much rides on Bo Nix that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Bo Nix
In pick No. 4 they get the arm they will build around, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick27 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 27th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick35 Rnd2 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine at the 35th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick66 Rnd3 Javon Bullard
They did well to land Javon Bullard in the Round 3 slot, just ahead of his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick71 Rnd3 AJ Barner
AJ Barner at pick 71 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick90 Rnd3 Daijun Edwards
Daijun Edwards at No. 90 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick105 Rnd4 Brandon Dorlus
Somehow Brandon Dorlus was still sitting there in the 105th pick, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick137 Rnd5 Max Melton
Circle this one: Max Melton at the 137th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick161 Rnd5 Kalen King
Kalen King at Round 5, Pick 25 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick188 Rnd6 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
They will replay Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at pick 188 for years; that is how good the value is. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick222 Rnd7 Christian Jones
Christian Jones slipping to slot 222 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick224 Rnd7 Jaylen Harrell
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jaylen Harrell in pick No. 224. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick241 Rnd7 Tanor Bortolini
They let Tanor Bortolini come to them and pounced at the Round 7 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.