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Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (ARI)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (ARI)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Jontrey Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jontrey Hunter
S Georgia State
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TEN)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (TEN)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DET)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (TEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (TEN)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (DET)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Players Gained
Head Shot
Ryan Kelly
C
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Tyjae Spears
RB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
The Cardinals fleeced the room on the phones and earned a A-.

The real work happened on the phones. The Cardinals fleeced their trade partners, turning their picks into a noticeably bigger pile than they started with.

If Sweat pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They banked enough surplus on Jordan to cover a lot of smaller sins. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback and tight end.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

Few war rooms will sleep better than this one tonight.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In No. 15 they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick30 Rnd1 Keon Coleman
In pick 30 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick35 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson at pick No. 35 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick38 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for T'Vondre Sweat. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick66 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A reach on Cooper Beebe in the 66th pick; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick71 Rnd3 Chris Braswell
The board had Chris Braswell higher than Round 3, Pick 7, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick90 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A want over a need in slot 90: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while quarterback and tight end keeps waiting.
Pick104 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
No drama and no debate, Dominick Puni went about where he belonged in the Round 4 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick133 Rnd4 Malik Washington
A tidy bit of business in the 133rd pick, where Malik Washington graded well above the range. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick140 Rnd5 Jalyx Hunt
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalyx Hunt at Round 5, Pick 4 is the proof. Not a spot anyone had flagged, which makes it a head-scratcher.
Pick184 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford in No. 184 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
Pick188 Rnd6 Christian Jones
The board had cheaper options than Christian Jones at pick No. 188, and it noticed. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick225 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus in the 225th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jontrey Hunter
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jontrey Hunter in slot 227. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick228 Rnd7 Jawhar Jordan
Jawhar Jordan in the Round 7 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.