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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ARI)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals put a flag in the ground for Donovan Smith, 93 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit.

King falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Mason Graham
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Mason Graham at pick 16 is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick47 Rnd2 Matthew Golden
Matthew Golden at No. 47 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick78 Rnd3 Earnest Greene III
Earnest Greene III in the 78th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick113 Rnd4 Donovan Smith
They reached into another round for Donovan Smith, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick151 Rnd5 Kobe King
They robbed the room for Kobe King here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.