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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (ARI)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (ARI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (ARI)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Picks Traded
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Players Gained
Head Shot
Germaine Pratt
LB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Knight Jr. should have been long gone. The Cardinals pounced, and earned a B+.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Demetrius Knight Jr. tumbling to the Cardinals in pick No. 153 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

Reaching for Thornton Jr. left real value on the table behind him. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Germaine Pratt deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In Round 1, Pick 17 they get a load in the middle at fair value.
Pick47 Rnd2 Bradyn Swinson
Bradyn Swinson in the Round 2 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick78 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
They did well to land Tate Ratledge in pick 78, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick81 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
You do not let a safety like Xavier Watts reach the 81st pick and blink. They did not. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick114 Rnd4 Jaylin Noel
Nice patience on Jaylin Noel, who had no business lasting to slot 114. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick153 Rnd5 Demetrius Knight Jr.
They barely believed it either: Demetrius Knight Jr. still on the board at pick No. 153. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick154 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in No. 154 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.