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    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ARI)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B- to prove it.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cardinals took Howard Cross III a full 37 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They banked enough surplus on Muhammad to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Cameron Williams
In pick 16 they get a cornerstone up front, even if it was a touch early. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick47 Rnd2 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo in the 47th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick78 Rnd3 Kyle McCord
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kyle McCord this early at slot 78. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick113 Rnd4 Howard Cross III
This one needs a full-page explanation: Howard Cross III in the Round 4 slot, miles early. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jabbar Muhammad
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jabbar Muhammad in the 151st overall pick. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.