CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

by vincentbrooks · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 6 reaches
Value C-
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Cardinals would have aced it. Spencer Rattler at No. 66 is 46 spots clear of where he belonged. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

With running back, tight end and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on OLB-EDGE is the choice that costs them. However the rest shakes out, Jones at that price is a win they earned. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Ladd McConkey · WR · rank 29
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 30
In the 27th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 26
Nate Wiggins slipping to pick No. 35 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 112
A wild overpay on Spencer Rattler in Round 3, Pick 2, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 111
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Javon Solomon at OLB-EDGE with running back, tight end and other spots open.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 119
Cedric Gray at the 90th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 89
A quiet steal in the 104th pick: Dominick Puni for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 132
Javon Foster in slot 138 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.26 · Pick 162 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 141
They barely believed it either: Christian Jones still on the board at pick 162. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Layden Robinson · OG · rank 208
This one needs a full-page explanation: Layden Robinson in pick No. 186, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Eric Watts · DL-EDGE · rank 239
Eric Watts in Round 7, Pick 6 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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