B-
Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals cashed the board's mistake on Majors: B-.
by JellyInMyShoes ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 5 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Jake Majors had no business being available in No. 157, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
Reaching for Rourke left real value on the table behind him. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Job largely done: quarterback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 22 they get a building block for the line, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Aeneas Peebles at pick 53 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Kurtis Rourke at No. 84 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Circle this one: Smael Mondon Jr. at the Round 4 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jake Majors at the 157th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.