B
Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.
by Stan93 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 28 picks
· 11 steals
· 12 reaches
The Cardinals went off the board in a big way for Shaun Dolac, 188 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
Watts at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kenneth Grant in No. 36. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Mike Green is a better player than pick 37 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Good price on Tyler Booker in slot 47, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They did well to land JT Tuimoloau in the Round 2 slot, just ahead of his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Demetrius Knight Jr. at pick No. 78 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Maxwell Hairston slipping to the 85th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Steal is underselling it; Deone Walker at slot 86 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board fumbled Xavier Watts all the way to Round 3, Pick 25, and they scooped it up. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Marcus Mbow in the 94th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Tate Ratledge in the Round 3 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Elijah Arroyo in pick No. 96, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
A big swing on Kyle McCord at the 98th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Savion Williams in No. 99 lands just on the right side of the ledger. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Value said wait; Jamaree Caldwell in pick 100 says they were not listening. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They reached into another round for David Walker, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Logan Brown at slot 103 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Tory Horton at Round 4, Pick 3 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
The board had Cam Skattebo higher than No. 114, and the running back fell to them anyway. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Willie Lampkin this early at the 116th pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Shaun Dolac in pick No. 118 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A wild overpay on Kyle Williams in the Round 4 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Nick Nash at pick 125 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Bhayshul Tuten well ahead of where he belonged. A need, and now a little less of one.
They reached a country mile for Fadil Diggs at the 129th overall pick, and the board is aghast. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Ty Robinson in pick No. 131 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tyler Cooper in Round 4, Pick 31, miles early. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A tight end of that caliber at the 136th pick is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
RJ Harvey in the Round 5 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.