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Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (ARI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (ARI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (ARI)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Javontae Jean-Baptiste Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ARI)
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
DE-EDGE Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CHI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (WSH)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ATL)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ATL)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ATL)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players traded away
Head Shot
Kyler Murray
QB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall D
ValueB NeedA- TradesF FutureB
A passer of the future in Daniels, and a D, for the Cardinals.

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Cardinals, and the value they bled adds up to real damage. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

Jayden Daniels gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Schrader.

Job largely done: quarterback settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In the 2nd overall pick they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick9 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get a franchise quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick36 Rnd2 Tyler Guyton
They let Tyler Guyton come to them and pounced at No. 36. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick71 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
They will replay Payton Wilson at the 71st pick for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick90 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni at pick 90 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick105 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
Value with a capital V on Caelen Carson in pick No. 105, a genuine coup. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick111 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
A slide stopped in slot 111, with Brenden Rice worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick137 Rnd5 Mohamed Kamara
Fair-plus on Mohamed Kamara, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick161 Rnd5 Trevor Keegan
They paid sticker price for Trevor Keegan in No. 161, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick188 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
Somehow Cody Schrader was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier running back value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick222 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tanner McLachlan. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick224 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. in slot 224 is fair value, right on his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick241 Rnd7 Javontae Jean-Baptiste
Javontae Jean-Baptiste is a better player than the 241st pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.