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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (ARI)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (ARI)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Tip Reiman Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (ARI)
Tip Reiman
TE Illinois
Tayvion Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (ARI)
Tayvion Robinson
WR Kentucky
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BUF)
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Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BUF)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
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.