B
Arizona Cardinals
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Cardinals a B.
by MajorHeadache ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 5 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
The Donovan Smith selection is the head-turner. The Cardinals reached 118 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. The bottom line is a respectable B.
Schwesinger at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 16th pick they get a blindside protector at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Kenneth Grant in the Round 2 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
No drama and no debate, Aeneas Peebles went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 14. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Donovan Smith at pick No. 113 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They robbed the room for Carson Schwesinger here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.