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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (ARI)
Abdul Carter
DE Penn State
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (ARI)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (ARI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (ARI)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (ARI)
Princely Umanmielen
DE Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Umanmielen fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Princely Umanmielen had no business being available in the Round 5 slot, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick No. 18 they get a problem off the edge, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Luther Burden III
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 2 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick80 Rnd3 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in Round 3, Pick 16 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick119 Rnd4 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori in the 119th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick154 Rnd5 Princely Umanmielen
Taking Princely Umanmielen in slot 154 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.