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Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (ARI)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ARI)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (ARI)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals robbed the room for Elliss. Final grade: B.

The Cardinals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jonah Elliss, the No. 89 name on the board, in Round 5, Pick 26. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. They are betting Morgan proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but running back.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Marvin Harrison Jr. in Round 1, Pick 4. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick27 Rnd1 Jordan Morgan
In the 27th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Caleb Williams
Circle this one: Caleb Williams at slot 35 is a fall that decides a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick66 Rnd3 Byron Murphy II
Steal is underselling it; Byron Murphy II at the Round 3 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick71 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
A clean, defensible pick in No. 71 with a little surplus value in Kiran Amegadjie. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick90 Rnd3 Cade Stover
Cade Stover in pick No. 90 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The roster fit checks out.
Pick104 Rnd4 Gabriel Murphy
Gabriel Murphy in pick 104 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick138 Rnd5 DJ James
Somehow DJ James was still sitting there in the 138th pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jonah Elliss
Taking Jonah Elliss in No. 162 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick186 Rnd6 AJ Barner
They robbed the room for AJ Barner here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick226 Rnd7 Trevor Keegan
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.