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Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

The war room fell hard for Quinn Ewers, and it showed at slot 47: 45 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

Simon at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped offensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Matthew Golden
In slot 16 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Quinn Ewers
A real head-scratcher, Quinn Ewers in pick No. 47 is miles ahead of his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick78 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
A tidy little value on Maxwell Hairston in Round 3, Pick 14, a step better than break-even. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick115 Rnd4 Savion Williams
Savion Williams at the 115th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick152 Rnd5 Cody Simon
They barely believed it either: Cody Simon still on the board at pick 152. The roster fit checks out.