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    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (ARI)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (ARI)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (ARI)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ARI)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Draft Picks Received
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CHI)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (PHI)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (TEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (PHI)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (CHI)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Josiah Ezirim Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (TEN)
Josiah Ezirim
OL Eastern Kentucky
Players Gained
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Tyler Biadasz
C
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Josh Blackwell
CB
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Julian Good-Jones
OG
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesC- FutureA+
Grand theft in pick 241: the Cardinals steal Speights and grade out a B.

For all the boxes ticked, the Cardinals skipped the loudest one: quarterback is exactly as bare as it was.

Speights falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Reaching for Jones left real value on the table behind him.

The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
In No. 4 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick27 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In the 27th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick66 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the Round 3 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick90 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
They did well to land Caelen Carson in the 90th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick111 Rnd4 Darius Robinson
A premium they did not need to pay, Darius Robinson a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick137 Rnd5 James Williams
A straight-up fair deal on James Williams at slot 137, value and slot in agreement. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick161 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
By-the-book stuff, Braelon Allen at pick No. 161 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick171 Rnd5 Grayson Murphy
Grayson Murphy at No. 171 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick188 Rnd6 Eric Watts
They liked Eric Watts enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 6, Pick 13. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick222 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
Sheridan Jones in the 222nd pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick241 Rnd7 Omar Speights
Omar Speights in pick 241 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.