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Tanner Mordecai Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Tanner Mordecai
QB Wisconsin
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
David Ugwoegbu Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
David Ugwoegbu
OLB-EDGE Houston
Kedon Slovis Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kedon Slovis
QB BYU
Austin Reed Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky
Miyan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Miyan Williams
RB Ohio State
Solomon Byrd Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Solomon Byrd
DE-EDGE USC
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Jordan Strachan Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jordan Strachan
OLB-EDGE South Carolina
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ARI)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (ARI)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall D
ValueF NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A passer of the future in Mordecai, and a D, for the Cardinals.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cardinals shredded theirs for Tanner Mordecai. He came off 342 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Johnson. Everything downstream of Tanner Mordecai depends on Tanner Mordecai, and the building knows it.

The Ugwoegbu pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with offensive lineman, tight end and other spots still on the board. The offensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Tanner Mordecai
In the Round 1 slot they get a franchise quarterback, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick27 Rnd1 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
In pick No. 27 they get a problem off the edge, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 David Ugwoegbu
They zigged when the board said zag, taking David Ugwoegbu at OLB-EDGE with offensive lineman, tight end and other spots open.
Pick66 Rnd3 Kedon Slovis
A wild overpay on Kedon Slovis in pick 66, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick71 Rnd3 Austin Reed
Austin Reed at the 71st overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick90 Rnd3 Miyan Williams
This one needs a full-page explanation: Miyan Williams in Round 3, Pick 27, miles early. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick104 Rnd4 Solomon Byrd
They talked themselves into Solomon Byrd at slot 104, and the board did not agree. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick138 Rnd5 Jaylen Harrell
A real head-scratcher, Jaylen Harrell in Round 5, Pick 2 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jordan Strachan
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jordan Strachan. The roster reasoning here is anyone's guess.
Pick186 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
They reached into another round for Nathaniel Watson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick226 Rnd7 Cornelius Johnson
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.