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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-.

by Ckopco · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 8 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Richard Jibunor at the 243rd pick is 70 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

The Powers-Johnson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In the end it comes back to Ladd McConkey, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Ladd McConkey · WR · rank 29
In the 27th overall pick they get a home-run threat at receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 28
Kool-Aid McKinstry slipping to Round 2, Pick 10 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 39
A reasonable price with a little left over, Payton Wilson in the Round 2 slot. It fills a real need, too.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 48
Steal is underselling it; Edgerrin Cooper at No. 66 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 30
Jackson Powers-Johnson in slot 78 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 44
They robbed the room for Jonathon Brooks here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 65
You do not let an offensive lineman like Cooper Beebe reach the 90th pick and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 74
Circle this one: Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at pick 104 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Hunter Nourzad · C · rank 116
Hunter Nourzad in No. 138 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.26 · Pick 162 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 131
Bucky Irving at pick No. 162 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.16 · Pick 191 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 246
Sam Hartman in the 191st overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Jalen Sundell · OT · rank 268
Value said wait; Jalen Sundell in Round 7, Pick 6 says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Logan Lee · DL · rank 233
Logan Lee in the Round 7 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Richard Jibunor · OLB-EDGE · rank 313
They reached a country mile for Richard Jibunor at slot 243, and the board is aghast. This was not a hole anyone had circled.
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