THE Arizona cardinals have selected five cornerings in the last two drafts and three of them were with the 90 best choices. Could they select one in the first round of the NFL 2025 draft?
This is what Eric Edholm from NFL.com New simulation project Projects for them.
With the 16th choice in the draft, he has the cardinals who select the corner half of Texas Jahdae Barron.
Barron moved outside last season and proved that he could manage this duty. I think the cards could try a chance on his ball skills and – at worst – he is a hybrid defender or a nickelback. These have increased the value around the league in recent years, in particular those with a talent for the creation of games.
It would be an interesting selection if they consider it as a nickel corner because they believe that Garrett Williams is great in the slit. Now, if they believe that Williams can also play the border with Barron in the slit, it works. But they have Sean Murphy-Bunting and wrote Max Melton in the second round last year.
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Although a team can never have too many players who can cover the opposing receivers, and a real closing corner is rare, it seems that it would be a disappointment, because many think that the cardinals will target a rusher of passes off the edge, an interior defensive line or an offensive line player.
It is a corner of the game. He led the dry with five interceptions last season and broke 11 assists as All-American.
In Edholm’s projections, they transmit pass rushers like Mike Green and Donovan Ezeiruaku, the defensive line Derrick Harmon and the automatic lines Kelvin Banks and Josh Simmons.
A cornerback is a premium position and it comes from a large university football program.
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It’s not out of the question.
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This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: NFL Mock Draft: Arizona Cardinals Land CB a turn 1
