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Draft Selections
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Lambert-Smith fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let KeAndre Lambert-Smith slide, and the Cardinals were the ones holding the card at the 225th pick. Highway robbery. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

They are betting Caldwell proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Josh Simmons
In slot 16 they get a building block for the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick47 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in the 47th pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick78 Rnd3 Barrett Carter
No drama and no debate, Barrett Carter went about where he belonged in pick 78. It fills a real need, too.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jamaree Caldwell
They talked themselves into Jamaree Caldwell at Round 4, Pick 13, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
Nice patience on Kurtis Rourke, who had no business lasting to the Round 5 slot. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick225 Rnd7 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
The board fumbled KeAndre Lambert-Smith all the way to No. 225, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.