CARDINALS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals cashed the board's mistake on Schwesinger: B-.

by test · 2025 NFL Draft · 5 picks · 2 steals · 2 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The Cardinals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Carson Schwesinger, the No. 126 name on the board, in pick 151.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The Williams pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.16 · Pick 16 · Mykel Williams · DE-EDGE · rank 25
In No. 16 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, reach and all. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · JT Tuimoloau · DE-EDGE · rank 56
JT Tuimoloau in Round 2, Pick 15 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Omarr Norman-Lott · DT · rank 76
By-the-book stuff, Omarr Norman-Lott at slot 78 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
R4.12 · Pick 113 · Maxwell Hairston · CB · rank 97
A slide stopped in pick No. 113, with Maxwell Hairston worth more than the price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.14 · Pick 151 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 126
Carson Schwesinger at the 151st overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.