D
Arizona Cardinals
Everette should have been long gone. The Cardinals pounced, and earned a D.
by Reheheheheh ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 6 steals
· 0 reaches
The phones were a trap the Cardinals kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. It grades a D, and the process earned it.
That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Landing Everette that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and offensive lineman is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
A quiet steal in pick 34: Sonny Styles for less than the market said. The roster fit checks out.
Value with a capital V on Lee Hunter in the 65th pick, a genuine coup. It fills a real need, too.
Daylen Everette at slot 104 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Fair-plus on Eli Raridon, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They let Cyrus Allen come to them and pounced at the Round 6 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Kaleb Elarms-Orr is a better player than the 188th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Sawyer Robertson in pick No. 217. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.