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Arizona Cardinals

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and Skattebo: A-.

by Stan93 · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 9 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A-

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Cam Skattebo, the 166th pick, roughly 56 picks past where he belonged. Just about everything broke right, and the A- follows.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. The Cook pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

It is a haul that will look even better come September.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · Mike Green · DE-EDGE · rank 34
In Round 1, Pick 22 they get a disruptor off the edge, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 22
Jalon Walker in the 63rd pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It fills a real need, too.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Armand Membou · OT · rank 66
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Armand Membou at pick 80. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Zy Alexander · CB · rank 62
They will replay Zy Alexander at the 81st overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Aeneas Peebles · DL · rank 83
Value with a capital V on Aeneas Peebles in the Round 3 slot, a genuine coup. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.12 · Pick 113 · Omarr Norman-Lott · DT · rank 76
Omarr Norman-Lott in pick No. 113 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
R4.22 · Pick 123 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 93
Tez Johnson at slot 123 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.27 · Pick 128 · Luke Kandra · OG · rank 105
They barely believed it either: Luke Kandra still on the board at No. 128. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.14 · Pick 151 · Connor Colby · OG · rank 167
Connor Colby at the Round 5 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.29 · Pick 166 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 110
A running back of that caliber at the 166th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.22 · Pick 197 · Jonah Monheim · C · rank 205
They jumped the gun on Jonah Monheim, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.30 · Pick 205 · Brady Cook · QB · rank 239
Brady Cook in No. 205 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.16 · Pick 232 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 200
Circle this one: Seth McLaughlin at pick No. 232 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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