Krangodnzr
Captain of Team Conner
The Cardinals drafted a few foundation players.I give this draft a D. The only positive is we should have some really good picks next year. We needed a home run in the draft to have a successful off season and we got a single.
If you think there was any home runs in this draft, then you weren't paying attention. This draft was 10-15 first round players and a bunch of third round players.
Again...thats very unlikely.I wanted two starters at a position of need and was hoping for three.
There was literally no good DL in the third round.The loss of the third-round pick for tampering hurt us. We could have got a good IOL or defensive linemen with that pick.
He will play guard for now.I know Paris Johnson will most likely start at one of the guard positions, but I am not thrilled with taking a guard with the #6 pick. Was he the 6th best player of the draft?
How so? He's an edge rusher. The Cardinals really only had Cam Thomas, Sanders, and Gardeck. You were comfortable with that group?Selecting B.J. Ojulari in the second round was baffling.
Not all LB types are the same. The Cardinals have Thomas, Sanders, and Gardeck. Hardly a murderers row at a very important position.How many LB do we need? We signed Kyzir White and Josh Woods in free agency. We have Myjai Sanders and Cameron Thomas who both produced in their limited opportunity, and we have Simmons and Collins.
I'd argue that Edge was the biggest need on the team and Ojulari fits that role.
WR is a huge need in the near term.Selecting a WR in the third round. Why? We have Hopkings, Brown, Moore, Dortch and we signed Pascal to a $4.5M contract.
This was an epically weak DL class. You don't reach for low quality players.It seems like we are stocking up on LB and WR, when we desperately need IOL and DL help.
It will be, but nothing that happened in the 2023 draft was going to change that.I wish I could just walk away and come back after the 2024 draft. It is going to be very difficult to watch games this year.