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Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Cardinals started one anyway for Hayden Conner, 57 picks ahead of schedule.

However the rest shakes out, Williams at that price is a win they earned. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In slot 16 they get a green-dot type in the middle. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Marcus Mbow
Marcus Mbow at pick 47 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick78 Rnd3 Will Howard
This one needs a full-page explanation: Will Howard in pick No. 78, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick114 Rnd4 Savion Williams
They robbed the room for Savion Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick153 Rnd5 Hayden Conner
They reached into another round for Hayden Conner, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.