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Draft Selections
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (ARI)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (ARI)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Drew Allar Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (ARI)
Drew Allar
QB Penn State
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ARI)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 5 (ARI)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 6 (ARI)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 7 (ARI)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (ATL)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Drew Allar Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (ATL)
Drew Allar
QB Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Players Gained
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Myles Bryant
CB
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Arnold Ebiketie
LB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
The Cardinals fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Dylan Fairchild at the Round 7 slot is 32 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Conerly Jr..

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Ollie Gordon II
In Round 1, Pick 21 they get a featured back at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Isaiah Bond
They paid sticker price for Isaiah Bond in pick 41, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick53 Rnd2 Drew Allar
They took Drew Allar at par in the 53rd overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick72 Rnd3 Josh Conerly Jr.
Josh Conerly Jr. is a better player than slot 72 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick104 Rnd4 Wyatt Milum
By-the-book stuff, Wyatt Milum at pick No. 104 squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick136 Rnd5 Davison Igbinosun
A straight-up fair deal on Davison Igbinosun at the 136th pick, value and slot in agreement. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick168 Rnd6 Dorian Strong
Fair-plus on Dorian Strong, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick200 Rnd7 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild in the 200th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.