JBHANCOCK94'S MOCK DRAFT
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JBHANCOCK94'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 17, 2026

worst draft ever

  • JBHANCOCK94 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Francis Mauigoa Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Francis Mauigoa
OT Miami
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (ARI)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Treydan Stukes Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Treydan Stukes
CB Arizona
Malik Benson Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (ARI)
Malik Benson
WR Oregon
Matt Gulbin Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (ARI)
Matt Gulbin
C Michigan State
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (ARI)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
Jeremiah Wright Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jeremiah Wright
OG Auburn
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (ARI)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Draft Picks Received
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (BAL)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (BAL)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (BAL)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (BAL)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Cardinals.

For all the boxes ticked, the Cardinals skipped the loudest one: quarterback is exactly as bare as it was.

They banked enough surplus on Stukes to cover a lot of smaller sins. They are betting Harris proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Francis Mauigoa
In No. 3 they get a building block for the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Dillon Thieneman
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dillon Thieneman. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick80 Rnd3 Jacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez at pick No. 80 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick104 Rnd4 Treydan Stukes
Treydan Stukes slipping to the 104th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick143 Rnd5 Malik Benson
Malik Benson at the 143rd pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick183 Rnd6 Matt Gulbin
They did well to land Matt Gulbin in pick 183, just ahead of his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick211 Rnd6 Zxavian Harris
Zxavian Harris in the Round 6 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick217 Rnd7 Jeremiah Wright
Jeremiah Wright in Round 7, Pick 1 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick253 Rnd7 Trey Zuhn III
A clean, defensible pick in No. 253 with a little surplus value in Trey Zuhn III. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.