CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and Price: B-.

by ryknyse · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades D
Future A

You build a draft on nights like this. Jadarian Price had no business being available in Round 4, Pick 4, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The cost of the Moore reach is exactly the players who went right after him. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Olaivavega Ioane · OG · rank 21
In the 28th overall pick they get protection for the quarterback. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Gennings Dunker · OT · rank 49
They paid up for Gennings Dunker at slot 38 when waiting would have done the job. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Derrick Moore · DE-EDGE · rank 62
They jumped the gun on Derrick Moore, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Christen Miller · DL · rank 56
A clean, defensible pick in No. 59 with a little surplus value in Christen Miller. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Dontay Corleone · DT · rank 67
No drama and no debate, Dontay Corleone went about where he belonged in pick 65. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 55
Jake Slaughter at the 69th pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Zachariah Branch · WR · rank 61
They read the board right and Zachariah Branch was the payoff at Round 3, Pick 14. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Jadarian Price · RB · rank 69
Jadarian Price in pick No. 104 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.3 · Pick 143 · Drew Allar · QB · rank 156
Drew Allar at the 143rd pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.2 · Pick 183 · Josh Cameron · WR · rank 187
Josh Cameron at Round 6, Pick 2 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Jeremiah Wright · OG · rank 218
A straight-up fair deal on Jeremiah Wright at slot 217, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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