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Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Draft Picks Received
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (MIA)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Draft Picks Traded
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (MIA)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Cornelius fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The Cardinals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Ajani Cornelius, the No. 114 name on the board, in Round 5, Pick 12. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Every board in the league had Ratledge lower, and that gap is the story. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Mykel Williams
In slot 16 they get a problem off the edge. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick48 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
They talked themselves into Tate Ratledge at pick No. 48, and the board did not agree. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick78 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke in No. 78 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick114 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
They robbed the room for Tez Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick151 Rnd5 Ajani Cornelius
Ajani Cornelius at the 151st overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick153 Rnd5 Anthony Belton
Steal is underselling it; Anthony Belton at Round 5, Pick 14 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.