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Draft Selections
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kaimon Rucker
DE-EDGE North Carolina
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Gino Garcia Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (ARI)
Gino Garcia
PK Texas Tech
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (ARI)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (ARI)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (ARI)
Tyler Batty
DE-EDGE BYU
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (ARI)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (ARI)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (ARI)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Draft Picks Received
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Gino Garcia Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Gino Garcia
PK Texas Tech
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BUF)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (BUF)
Tyler Batty
DE-EDGE BYU
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CLE)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Players traded away
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Angelo Blackson
DE
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Anthony Goodlow
DE
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Ben Stille
DE
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Cam Murray
DT
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Chad Ryland
PK
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Daniel Arias
WR
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Jonathan Ledbetter
DE
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Kyler Murray
QB
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L.J. Collier
DE
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Ronnie Perkins
DE
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall F
ValueD NeedB TradesF FutureB-
A weekend the Cardinals spent ahead of the board, for worse: F.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Cardinals would have aced it. Gino Garcia at the Round 5 slot is 128 spots clear of where he belonged. The warnings were there, and the F is the bill.

The Moore pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.

That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left tight end open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Cam Skattebo
In pick No. 16 they get an every-down engine for the run game, a steep price for the projection. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jaxson Dart
A straight-up fair deal on Jaxson Dart at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick47 Rnd2 Tre Harris
Tre Harris at slot 47 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick72 Rnd3 Kyle Kennard
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kyle Kennard. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jordan Burch
A premium they did not need to pay, Jordan Burch a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick114 Rnd4 Kaimon Rucker
A big swing on Kaimon Rucker at pick 114, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick131 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Jordan Phillips reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick150 Rnd5 Gino Garcia
They talked themselves into Gino Garcia at pick 150, and the board did not agree. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick153 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce at the 153rd pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick171 Rnd5 Luke Kandra
Luke Kandra at No. 171 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick175 Rnd5 Joshua Gray
Fair-plus on Joshua Gray, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick179 Rnd6 Tyler Batty
Tyler Batty at pick No. 179 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick206 Rnd6 Malachi Moore
They will replay Malachi Moore at Round 6, Pick 28 for years; that is how good the value is. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick208 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
Steal is underselling it; JJ Pegues at the 208th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick257 Rnd7 Karene Reid
Taking Karene Reid in the 257th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.