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ARIZONA CARDINALS TEAM NEEDS
Most recent team needs update:
January 26
Starter Need High (P1, P2)
OT
DL3T
EDGE
CB
Starter Need Medium (P3)
WR
OG
OC
NT
DL5T
SFTY
CBN
Mid Round Fill High (P5)
ILB
Depth Fill (P4)
RB
TE
OLB
Late Round Fill (P6)
WRS
Minimal Need (P9)
QB
CARDINALS PICKS/COMMENTS MOST RECENT MOCK
Results from Consensus Mock Draft:
2023 CMD#2
Most recent mock draft update:
1/26/2023
R1
3
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Arizona (Trade)
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Will Anderson Jr.
Alabama
EDGE
Reach/Value:
+2
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Height:
6'4"
Weight:
243
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SEA g DEN (R Wilson)
For the fifth time in its franchise history, the Arizona Cardinals will pick third overall in the NFL draft. Their past #3 overall picks have netted mostly good results, including Simeon Rice in 1996, Andre Wadsworth in 1998, and Larry Fitzgerald in 2004. The Cardinals will search for their next legend in the 2023 draft as they say goodbye to another one. Their new pick will likely be J.J. Watt's replacement on the defensive line, with big shoes to fill almost immediately. Either Will Anderson or Jalen Carter, the likely candidates, will be compared ad nauseam to Watt after he seemingly left the game with still a lot left in the tank, starting all 16 games and securing the sixth season of his career with 10+ sacks.
The one making the final decision on that pick will be newly hired General Manager, Monti Ossenfort, who made headlines in his first press conference, sternly declaring that "ego will not be tolerated in this organization." We'll see.
Ossenfort is the franchise's first outside hire for General Manager in nearly three decades, working as director of player personnel for the Titans since 2020. Before that, he worked with the New England Patriots starting in 2006, starting as an area scout before moving up to assistant director of college scouting and finally a director of college scouting before moving to Tennessee. With Ossenfort, Arizona also hired new Assistant GM Dave Sears, the Detroit Lions' Director of College Scouting. With these additions, the franchise has emphasized scouting and obtaining the right players as they begin their rebuild from a highly disappointing season to round off an extremely frustrating era of football.
New faces for a new era. The first pick of many is likely to be an easy one. But the Cardinals have a lot of holes to fill on both the offensive and defensive lines as well as deciding whether to replace an aging and expensive core. It's a baptism by fire for the new front office while the hunt for the head coach to replace the Thailand-bound Kliff Kingsbury continues.
The one making the final decision on that pick will be newly hired General Manager, Monti Ossenfort, who made headlines in his first press conference, sternly declaring that "ego will not be tolerated in this organization." We'll see.
Ossenfort is the franchise's first outside hire for General Manager in nearly three decades, working as director of player personnel for the Titans since 2020. Before that, he worked with the New England Patriots starting in 2006, starting as an area scout before moving up to assistant director of college scouting and finally a director of college scouting before moving to Tennessee. With Ossenfort, Arizona also hired new Assistant GM Dave Sears, the Detroit Lions' Director of College Scouting. With these additions, the franchise has emphasized scouting and obtaining the right players as they begin their rebuild from a highly disappointing season to round off an extremely frustrating era of football.
New faces for a new era. The first pick of many is likely to be an easy one. But the Cardinals have a lot of holes to fill on both the offensive and defensive lines as well as deciding whether to replace an aging and expensive core. It's a baptism by fire for the new front office while the hunt for the head coach to replace the Thailand-bound Kliff Kingsbury continues.
R2
34
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Arizona
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Garrett Williams
Syracuse
CB
Reach/Value:
+3
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Height:
6'0
Weight:
190
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R3
66
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Arizona
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Anton Harrison
Oklahoma
OT
Reach/Value:
+1
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Height:
6'5"
Weight:
309
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R3
96
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Arizona (Comp)
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Calijah Kancey
Pitt
DL5T
Reach/Value:
+5
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Height:
6'0"
Weight:
275
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R4
104
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Arizona
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Dorian Williams
Tulane
ILB
Reach/Value:
-1
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Height:
6'2"
Weight:
225
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R5
167
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Arizona (Comp)
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Jacob Slade
Michigan State
DL3T
Reach/Value:
-31
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Height:
6'4"
Weight:
315
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R6
178
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Arizona
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Trevon Flowers
Tennessee
S
Reach/Value:
+18
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Height:
5'11"
Weight:
200
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R6
213
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Arizona (Comp)
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Elijah Higgins
Stanford
WR
Reach/Value:
+6
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Height:
6'3"
Weight:
234
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CARDINALS HISTORICAL DRAFT PICKS
Reach/Value (R/V) Explained
The difference between where a player is selected in the NFL draft versus where the player was listed on the final Drafttek Big Board for the season in question.Example: A player who was listed at #50 on the Big Board and was selected at #35 will be a "Reach" of -15. Alternately, a player listed at #35 on the Big Board who was selected at #50 is a +15 "Value".
Simply put: a positive number is a Value pick, a negative number is a Reach.
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2022 | 2 | 55 | Trey McBride | Colorado State | TE | Value | +1 |
2022 | 3 | 87 | Cameron Thomas | San Diego State | DL5T | Value | +24 |
2022 | 3 | 100 | Myjai Sanders | Cincinnati | EDGE | Value | +21 |
2022 | 6 | 201 | Keaontay Ingram | USC | RB | Reach | -121 |
2022 | 6 | 215 | Lecitus Smith | Virginia Tech | OG | Value | +63 |
2022 | 7 | 244 | Christian Matthew | Valdosta State | DB | Reach | -118 |
2022 | 7 | 256 | Jesse Luketa | Penn State | OLB | Reach | -29 |
2022 | 7 | 257 | Marquis Hayes | Oklahoma | OG | Value | +136 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2021 | 1 | 16 | Zaven Collins | Tulsa | OLB | Reach | -18 |
2021 | 2 | 49 | Rondale Moore | Purdue | WRS | Value | +21 |
2021 | 4 | 136 | Marco Wilson | Florida | CB | Value | +2 |
2021 | 6 | 210 | Victor Dimukeje | Duke | EDGE | Value | +19 |
2021 | 6 | 223 | Tay Gowan | Central Florida | CB | Value | +12 |
2021 | 7 | 243 | James Wiggins | Cincinnati | S | Value | +8 |
2021 | 7 | 247 | Michal Menet | Penn State | OC | Value | +6 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2020 | 1 | 8 | Isaiah Simmons | Clemson | S | Value | +5 |
2020 | 3 | 72 | Josh Jones | Houston | OT | Value | +44 |
2020 | 4 | 114 | Leki Fotu | Utah | DL1T | Reach | -7 |
2020 | 4 | 131 | Rashard Lawrence | LSU | DL3T | Value | +6 |
2020 | 6 | 202 | Evan Weaver | California | ILB | Value | +22 |
2020 | 7 | 222 | Eno Benjamin | Arizona State | RBC | Value | +29 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2019 | 1 | 1 | Kyler Murray | Oklahoma | QB | Reach | -3 |
2019 | 2 | 33 | Byron Murphy | Washington | CB | Value | +18 |
2019 | 2 | 62 | Andy Isabella | UMass | WRS | Reach | -18 |
2019 | 3 | 65 | Zach Allen | Boston College | DL3T | Value | +8 |
2019 | 4 | 103 | Hakeem Butler | Iowa State | WR | Value | +72 |
2019 | 5 | 139 | Deionte Thompson | Alabama | S | Value | +104 |
2019 | 6 | 174 | KeeSean Johnson | Fresno State | WR | Reach | -70 |
2019 | 6 | 179 | Lamont Gaillard | Georgia | OC | Value | +59 |
2019 | 7 | 248 | Joshua Miles | Morgan State | OT | Reach | -95 |
2019 | 7 | 249 | Michael Dogbe | Temple | DL3T | Value | +73 |
2019 | 7 | 254 | Caleb Wilson | UCLA | TE | Value | +108 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2018 | 1 | 10 | Josh Rosen | UCLA | QB | Value | +6 |
2018 | 2 | 47 | Christian Kirk | Texas A&M | WR | Value | +22 |
2018 | 3 | 97 | Mason Cole | Michigan | OC | Reach | -73 |
2018 | 4 | 134 | Chase Edmonds | Fordham | RB | Reach | -125 |
2018 | 6 | 182 | Chris Campbell | Penn State | CB | Reach | -93 |
2018 | 7 | 254 | Korey Cunningham | Cincinnati | OT | Reach | -101 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2017 | 1 | 13 | Haason Reddick | Temple | ILB | Reach | -5 |
2017 | 2 | 36 | Budda Baker | Washington | S | Value | +8 |
2017 | 3 | 98 | Chad Williams | Grambling St | WRF | Reach | -90 |
2017 | 4 | 115 | Dorian Johnson | Pittsburgh | G | Value | +12 |
2017 | 5 | 157 | Will Holden | Vanderbilt | OT | Value | +16 |
2017 | 5 | 179 | T. J. Logan | North Carolina | RB | Value | +6 |
2017 | 6 | 208 | Rudy Ford | Auburn | S | Reach | -15 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2016 | 1 | 29 | Robert Nkemdiche | Ole Miss | DL3T | Value | +12 |
2016 | 3 | 92 | Brandon Williams | Texas A&M | CB | Reach | -60 |
2016 | 4 | 128 | Evan Boehm | Missouri | OC | Value | +0 |
2016 | 5 | 167 | Marqui Christian | Midwestern St | S | Reach | -293 |
2016 | 5 | 170 | Cole Toner | Harvard | OT | Value | +37 |
2016 | 6 | 205 | Harlan Miller | SE Louisiana | CB | Value | +32 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2015 | 1 | 24 | D.J. Humphries | Florida | OT | Reach | -17 |
2015 | 2 | 58 | Markus Golden | Missouri | EDGE | Reach | -33 |
2015 | 3 | 86 | David Johnson | Northern Iowa | RB | Reach | -1 |
2015 | 4 | 116 | Rodney Gunter | Delaware St | DL5T | Reach | -73 |
2015 | 5 | 158 | Shaquille Riddick | West Virginia | EDGE | Reach | -86 |
2015 | 5 | 159 | J.J. Nelson | UAB | WRS | Reach | -89 |
2015 | 7 | 256 | Gerald Christian | Louisville | TE | Reach | -81 |
YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
2014 | 1 | 27 | Deone Bucannon | Washington St | S | Reach | -26 |
2014 | 2 | 52 | Troy Niklas | Notre Dame | TE | Reach | -12 |
2014 | 3 | 84 | Kareem Martin | North Carolina | DL5T | Value | +16 |
2014 | 3 | 91 | John Brown | Pittsburg State | WRS | Reach | -30 |
2014 | 4 | 120 | Logan Thomas | Virginia Tech | QB | Reach | -61 |
2014 | 5 | 160 | Ed Stinson | Alabama | EDGE | Value | +49 |
2014 | 6 | 196 | Walter Powell | Murray St | CB | Reach | -44 |