B
Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals cashed the board's mistake on Gordon II: B.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 22 picks
· 9 steals
· 12 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Ollie Gordon II, the No. 158 name on the board, stolen at pick No. 241.
Every board in the league had Powell-Ryland lower, and that gap is the story. The phones were where this weekend was really won. The Cardinals paired the rookies with proven help, Micah Parsons leading the way.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
Jalon Walker in the 47th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Tyler Warren in slot 58 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A premium they did not need to pay, Tez Johnson a notch or two before his time. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Antwaun Powell-Ryland in No. 86 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They talked themselves into DeMonte Capehart at pick 113, and the board did not agree. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Danny Stutsman in Round 5, Pick 11, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Steal is underselling it; Cam Skattebo at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They barely believed it either: Jake Majors still on the board at pick No. 168. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Somehow Carson Schwesinger was still sitting there in the 169th overall pick, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A need, and now a little less of one.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Miles Frazier well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They paid a round early for CJ West in the 173rd pick, more than the board wanted. It fills a real need, too.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jonah Monheim. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Tonka Hemingway in pick 186 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Nick Nash at the Round 6 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They robbed the room for Jordan Hancock here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Fair-plus on Seth McLaughlin, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A big swing on PJ Williams at pick 208, well ahead of any board in the building. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A real head-scratcher, Xavier Truss in No. 209 is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Ollie Gordon II at Round 7, Pick 25 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Circle this one: Jamon Dumas-Johnson at the 248th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A wild overpay on Marcus Dumervil in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Will Rogers at pick No. 254 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.