B-
Arizona Cardinals
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cardinals and Moss: B-.
by Emeritus ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 1 steals
· 3 reaches
The board owed the Cardinals one, and it paid up: Miller Moss, the No. 94 name on the board, sitting there at the 150th pick like a gift left on the doorstep. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.
The cost of the Peebles reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
Walter Nolen in No. 10 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Good price on Josh Simmons in the 41st overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Smael Mondon Jr. at the 72nd pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The roster fit checks out.
A reach for Parker Brailsford in Round 4, Pick 7; a little patience would have been rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They will replay Miller Moss at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Aeneas Peebles. It fills a real need, too.