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Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (ARI)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (ARI)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Draft Picks Received
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (IND)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (KC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (KC)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Nick Allegretti
OG
Head Shot
Blake Freeland
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Marquise Brown
WR
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall D+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cardinals to a D+.

The Cardinals spent real capital to be 36 picks early on Keith Randolph Jr., and the board is going to hold them to it.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In the 4th overall pick they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick27 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
Brian Thomas Jr. in Round 1, Pick 27 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick35 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson in pick No. 35 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick66 Rnd3 Mekhi Wingo
No drama and no debate, Mekhi Wingo went about where he belonged in the 66th pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick71 Rnd3 Junior Colson
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Junior Colson. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick82 Rnd3 Jalen McMillan
A straight-up fair deal on Jalen McMillan at pick 82, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick95 Rnd3 Tykee Smith
By-the-book stuff, Tykee Smith at pick 95 squarely in line with his ranking. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick105 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
No edge and no loss on Khyree Jackson in No. 105; it is a wash and a sensible one. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick118 Rnd4 Keith Randolph Jr.
Keith Randolph Jr. in the 118th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.