C+
Arizona Cardinals
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Cardinals: C+.
by dalfan039 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 5 picks
· 1 steals
· 3 reaches
Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Shemar Turner at pick 47 is 82 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.
They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Collins.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 16 they get a cornerstone up front, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Shemar Turner at slot 47 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Alfred Collins in the 78th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Jay Higgins at the Round 4 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A straight-up fair deal on Andres Borregales at Round 5, Pick 14, value and slot in agreement. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.