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Draft Selections
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Fernando Carmona Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (ARI)
Fernando Carmona Jr.
OT Arkansas
Reuben Fatheree II Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ARI)
Reuben Fatheree II
OT Texas A&M
Ben Bywater Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Ben Bywater
LB BYU
Jake Garcia Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jake Garcia
QB East Carolina
Ben Christman Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 6 (ARI)
Ben Christman
OG Kentucky
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall C
ValueF NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals landed square in the muddy middle: C.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Cardinals would have aced it. Jake Garcia at pick No. 136 is 199 spots clear of where he belonged.

Getting Muhammad where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

Hit on Jonah Savaiinaea and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jonah Savaiinaea
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Fernando Carmona Jr.
Fernando Carmona Jr. at the 40th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick72 Rnd3 Reuben Fatheree II
They reached into another round for Reuben Fatheree II, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick104 Rnd4 Ben Bywater
A wild overpay on Ben Bywater in pick No. 104, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick136 Rnd5 Jake Garcia
A big swing on Jake Garcia at slot 136, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick168 Rnd6 Ben Christman
Ben Christman in Round 6, Pick 8 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick200 Rnd7 Jabbar Muhammad
Jabbar Muhammad at slot 200 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.