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It has been only a little more than a week since the first round of the 2025 NFL draft and someone is already redrafting the first round?
Yes, that is the case.
Curt Popejoy redrafted the first round for sister site Draft Wire and made a few small changes.
For the Arizona Cardinals, the position remained the same, but the player was different.
In the actual draft, they got defensive tackle Walter Nolen with the 16th overall pick. He was the third defensive tackle taken after Mason Graham to the Cleveland Browns fifth overall and Kenneth Grant to the Miami Dolphins at pick No. 13.
Popejoy does not have the Dolphins taking Grant, which means he is on the board with the 16th pick.
He would have the Cardinals take Grant.
Grant is bigger than Nolen at 6-4 and 331 pounds, compared to Nolen's 6-3 and 296 pounds.
Both are athletic.
Grant, despite being huge and athletic, didn't grade out as well against the run in college. Nolen is great at both the run and the pass.
Maybe the Cardinals had a higher grade on Grant. However, the way head coach Jonathan Gannon has gushed about Nolen since he was drafted, I would doubt it.
Grant probably will play mostly nose tackle in the NFL. Nolen will likely be asked to do more.
Based on what we have heard, if it wasn't Nolen, it would have probably been Oregon's Derrick Harmon, who went 21st overall to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Would you have rather had the Cardinals land Grant or Nolen?
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: NFL draft: First-round redraft has Arizona Cardinals getting DT
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Yes, that is the case.
Curt Popejoy redrafted the first round for sister site Draft Wire and made a few small changes.
For the Arizona Cardinals, the position remained the same, but the player was different.
In the actual draft, they got defensive tackle Walter Nolen with the 16th overall pick. He was the third defensive tackle taken after Mason Graham to the Cleveland Browns fifth overall and Kenneth Grant to the Miami Dolphins at pick No. 13.
Popejoy does not have the Dolphins taking Grant, which means he is on the board with the 16th pick.
He would have the Cardinals take Grant.
Grant is bigger than Nolen at 6-4 and 331 pounds, compared to Nolen's 6-3 and 296 pounds.
Both are athletic.
Grant, despite being huge and athletic, didn't grade out as well against the run in college. Nolen is great at both the run and the pass.
Maybe the Cardinals had a higher grade on Grant. However, the way head coach Jonathan Gannon has gushed about Nolen since he was drafted, I would doubt it.
Grant probably will play mostly nose tackle in the NFL. Nolen will likely be asked to do more.
Based on what we have heard, if it wasn't Nolen, it would have probably been Oregon's Derrick Harmon, who went 21st overall to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Would you have rather had the Cardinals land Grant or Nolen?
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: NFL draft: First-round redraft has Arizona Cardinals getting DT
Continue reading...
