Executives from every NFL team enter the draft promising not to deviate from their sacred “boards,” which rank every player according to grade.
The Cardinals lived up to that promise in this year’s draft, which ended on Saturday. Why else would they take offensive players with five of six selections, including the first four?
Factor the third- and fifth-round picks it took to trade up to select quarterback Josh Rosen in the first round, and the team spent seven of its eight selections acquiring offensive players.
“For whatever reason, I felt like we had a number of offensive players who were just graded higher,” General Manager Steve Keim said.