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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Ben Sauls Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Ben Sauls
PK Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Sauls fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Ben Sauls slide, and the Cardinals were the ones holding the card at No. 225. Highway robbery.

They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the 16th pick they get a home-run threat at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
They robbed the room for Jalon Walker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick78 Rnd3 Marcus Mbow
Marcus Mbow at No. 78 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick115 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo at the 115th overall pick is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. The roster fit checks out.
Pick152 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Darius Alexander reach slot 152 and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick225 Rnd7 Ben Sauls
Ben Sauls in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.