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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Jermari Harris Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jermari Harris
CB Iowa
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B- to prove it.

Some picks age like wine; Rylie Mills at No. 78 will need to, sitting 54 spots clear of his grade. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Getting Felton where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In No. 16 they get a long-term starter on the line, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Demetrius Knight Jr. in pick No. 47 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick78 Rnd3 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick115 Rnd4 Tai Felton
Tai Felton in pick 115 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
Value with a capital V on Kurtis Rourke in the 152nd pick, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Jermari Harris
Jermari Harris in slot 225 is fair value, right on his grade. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.