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  • Ezhai DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall C+
ValueD NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals won the night they stopped Mondon Jr. from sliding. Grade: C+.

When a board-topper like Smael Mondon Jr. slides to Round 5, Pick 14, you do not overthink it, and the Cardinals did not.

The cost of the Ewers reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In the 16th pick they get a building block for the line, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Quinn Ewers
They talked themselves into Quinn Ewers at slot 47, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick78 Rnd3 Aeneas Peebles
They paid sticker price for Aeneas Peebles in pick 78, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick113 Rnd4 Tory Horton
Tory Horton slipping to Round 4, Pick 12 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick151 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. in No. 151 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.