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Draft Selections
Samson Okunlola Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (ARI)
Samson Okunlola
OT Miami
Bryant Wesco Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (ARI)
Bryant Wesco Jr.
WR Clemson
Drew Mestemaker Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ARI)
Drew Mestemaker
QB Oklahoma State
Luke Hasz Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ARI)
Luke Hasz
TE Ole Miss
A'Marion Peterson Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
A'Marion Peterson
RB UTSA
Keon Wylie Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Keon Wylie
LB Virginia Tech
Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (ARI)
Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy
DL South Carolina
Robert Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (ARI)
Robert Fitzgerald
S Northwestern
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall C-
ValueF NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Cardinals. For now, C-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cardinals took Luke Hasz a full 533 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. For now it grades a C-, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

That Mestemaker pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Samson Okunlola
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get protection for the quarterback, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Bryant Wesco Jr.
Bryant Wesco Jr. at pick 40 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick43 Rnd2 Drew Mestemaker
Taking Drew Mestemaker in No. 43 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick74 Rnd3 Luke Hasz
They left a pile of value on the table to take Luke Hasz this early at pick No. 74. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick115 Rnd4 A'Marion Peterson
A big swing on A'Marion Peterson at the 115th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick151 Rnd5 Keon Wylie
They talked themselves into Keon Wylie at the Round 5 slot, and the board did not agree. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick231 Rnd7 Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy well ahead of where he belonged. It fills a real need, too.
Pick252 Rnd7 Robert Fitzgerald
Circle this one: Robert Fitzgerald at the 252nd overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.