SaintsSuck999'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • SaintsSuck999 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (ARI)
Patrick Payton
DL Florida State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (ARI)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (ARI)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall D+
ValueF NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Hard to find the plan in the Cardinals' weekend. D+.

The war room fell hard for Patrick Payton, and it showed at Round 1, Pick 18: 140 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Too much went sideways, and the D+ is the honest tally.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Dart pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Patrick Payton
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the defensive front, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce at the 49th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick80 Rnd3 Harold Perkins Jr.
Harold Perkins Jr. in pick No. 80 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick119 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jayden Higgins. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick154 Rnd5 Jaxson Dart
A slide stopped in slot 154, with Jaxson Dart worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.