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Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (ARI)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Khordae Sydnor Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Khordae Sydnor
LB-EDGE Purdue
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Draft Picks Traded
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (KC)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Players Gained
Head Shot
L'Jarius Sneed
CB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
A franchise passer in Williams headlines a B+ weekend for the Cardinals.

Start where it matters. The Cardinals took Caleb Williams to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. The Sydnor pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it. Abrams-Draine falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In the Round 1 slot they get the arm they will build around at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick21 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 21 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick35 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman at Round 2, Pick 3 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick66 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
They read the board right and Kiran Amegadjie was the payoff at pick 66. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick85 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
Christian Mahogany at the 85th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick104 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
By-the-book stuff, Dominick Puni at No. 104 squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick133 Rnd4 Cedric Johnson
A reach for Cedric Johnson in slot 133; a little patience would have been rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick140 Rnd5 Kris Abrams-Draine
The board fumbled Kris Abrams-Draine all the way to the 140th overall pick, and they scooped it up. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick188 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
They paid sticker price for Michael Barrett in Round 6, Pick 13, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick225 Rnd7 Khordae Sydnor
A real head-scratcher, Khordae Sydnor in pick No. 225 is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick227 Rnd7 Cody Schrader
They went early on Cody Schrader in the 227th overall pick, and the value did not follow. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.