The Arizona Cardinals no longer have a second-round pick in the NFL draft because they sent it to the Houston Texans as part of the deal for receiver DeAndre Hopkins. However, they still have four picks in the first four rounds, as they have two fourth-round selection.
In Draft Wire managing editor Luke Easterling’s new mock draft, he goes four rounds and projects that the Arizona Cardinals will use three of their four selections in those four rounds to address the defense.
With their first-round pick, though, they address the offensive line. They select Alabama tackle Jedrick Wills.
After trading for DeAndre Hopkins, the Cards aren’t likely to spend a top-10 pick on another pass-catcher, no matter how much Kyler Murray might like to throw to CeeDee Lamb again. Instead, the Cards opt to improve the protection for their young quarterback. With D.J. Humphries back, Wills slides in as the immediate starter at right tackle.
Wills is a safe pick. The question is whether he would beat out a healthy Marcus Gilbert as the starter at right tackle.
He’s not a bad pick, but he isn’t an exciting pick by any means.
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