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Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (ARI)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (LAR)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Draft Picks Traded
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (PIT)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (PIT)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (LAR)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (LAR)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Andrew Raym Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (LAR)
Andrew Raym
C Oklahoma
Players traded away
Head Shot
D.J. Humphries
OT
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall C
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
Grand theft in pick 225: the Cardinals steal Magee and grade out a C.

The trade table was where it all came apart. The Cardinals shipped out far more than they hauled back, and no amount of spin dresses up the bill.

However the rest shakes out, Magee at that price is a win they earned. With quarterback, edge rusher and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on TE-EDGE is the choice that costs them. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

If Joe Alt and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In slot 4 they get a cornerstone up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick20 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick51 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They paid up for T'Vondre Sweat at No. 51 when waiting would have done the job. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick90 Rnd3 Cade Stover
A curious use of the 90th overall pick. Quarterback, edge rusher and other spots needed the pick; a TE-EDGE in Cade Stover did not.
Pick104 Rnd4 Bucky Irving
Bucky Irving at pick No. 104 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The roster fit checks out.
Pick140 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick225 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
You do not let a linebacker like Jordan Magee reach pick No. 225 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jha'Quan Jackson
Jha'Quan Jackson is a better player than the 227th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.