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Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (ARI)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (LAC)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LAC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (LAC)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Simeon Barrow Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CIN)
Simeon Barrow Jr.
DL Miami
Players Gained
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Sheldon Rankins
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Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueA NeedB TradesA FutureB
Best value of the weekend goes to the Cardinals for Mondon Jr.: B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Smael Mondon Jr. had no business being available in the Round 5 slot, and the Cardinals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The Sheldon Rankins pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the defensive front, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick55 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
They robbed the room for Jalon Walker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick78 Rnd3 Colston Loveland
Colston Loveland at pick 78 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick123 Rnd4 Quinshon Judkins
You do not let a running back like Quinshon Judkins reach the 123rd overall pick and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick151 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Smael Mondon Jr. at No. 151 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.