B
Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals let Johnson fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by 2024 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Cardinals watched Tez Johnson slide 58 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.
Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 16 they get a lockdown presence outside. More want than need.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tyler Booker at pick 51 is the proof. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Tyler Warren at Round 3, Pick 14 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Malachi Moore in the 113th pick, plain and simple. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They barely believed it either: Tez Johnson still on the board at the 151st overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Ja'Corey Brooks slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.