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    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (ARI)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (ARI)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Draft Picks Traded
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (MIN)
TO PICK
 
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedA- TradesA+ FutureB-
The Cardinals won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Cardinals were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jared Verse
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jared Verse. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 18th pick they get a blindside protector. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick23 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In slot 23 they get a true top target at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick27 Rnd1 Troy Franklin
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a weapon on the perimeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.