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Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall
B
ValueB+
NeedA-
TradesB-
FutureB-
The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B. Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Cardinals never addressed quarterback, and it is the kind of gap that lingers. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
Landing Newton that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The skill positions did well by the weekend.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick Analysis
Pick4
Rnd1
Marvin Harrison Jr.
In No. 4 they get a go-to option on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick27
Rnd1
Jer'Zhan Newton
Jer'Zhan Newton slipping to the Round 1 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A need, and now a little less of one.


