B-
Arizona Cardinals
More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B- to prove it.
by 2024 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 5 picks
· 2 steals
· 3 reaches
The Cardinals went off the board in a big way for Nazir Stackhouse, 35 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Walker. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 16th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
They will replay Jalon Walker at slot 47 for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
They liked Quinn Ewers enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 78. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A tidy bit of business in pick 113, where Tory Horton graded well above the range. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Nazir Stackhouse in the 151st pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.