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Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall
B
ValueB-
NeedB
TradesB
FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Cardinals: B. The Cardinals put a flag in the ground for Jawhar Jordan, 22 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.
With quarterback and interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick Analysis
Pick4
Rnd1
Rome Odunze
In the 4th pick they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick28
Rnd1
Terrion Arnold
In pick 28 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick35
Rnd2
Jordan Morgan
By-the-book stuff, Jordan Morgan at slot 35 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick66
Rnd3
Brandon Dorlus
A premium they did not need to pay, Brandon Dorlus a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick71
Rnd3
Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in pick No. 71 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick90
Rnd3
Marshawn Kneeland
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Marshawn Kneeland. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick99
Rnd3
Maason Smith
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 99th pick on Maason Smith with quarterback and interior defensive lineman unsolved.
Pick105
Rnd4
Braelon Allen
A straight-up fair deal on Braelon Allen at Round 4, Pick 5, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick137
Rnd5
Christian Jones
No drama and no debate, Christian Jones went about where he belonged in the Round 5 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick161
Rnd5
Cody Schrader
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 161 with a little surplus value in Cody Schrader. It fills a real need, too.
Pick162
Rnd5
Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden at slot 162 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick188
Rnd6
Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford at pick 188 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick222
Rnd7
Tip Reiman
Tip Reiman in No. 222 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick224
Rnd7
Tayvion Robinson
They liked Tayvion Robinson enough to skip the value, taking him in the 224th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick241
Rnd7
Jawhar Jordan
Jawhar Jordan at the 241st pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.

















