Arizona Cardinals NFL draft grades for Kitan Crawford selection in seventh round of 2025 NFL Draft Saturday, April 26. How did writers grade pick?

General manager Monti Ossenfort insisted the Arizona Cardinals didn’t enter the NFL Draft with intentions to load up on defense — that’s just how their board fell. That might be the case, but the results don’t lie.

The Cardinals traded the 152nd pick in the fifth round to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for pick 174 (still in the fifth) and pick 211 (sixth round). Arizona was missing their original sixth-round pick due to the Baron Browning trade with the Denver Broncos last season.

Former Cardinals, Reds GM Reds Walt Jocketty, one of the most respected front office figures in baseball for decades, died after a long illness.

Walt Jocketty, a three-time baseball executive of the year and former general manager for both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, has died. He was 74.

Walt Jocketty, the Cardinals architect who lured manager Tony La Russa to St. Louis and oversaw the drafting of Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina to pave the way for seven division titles and a 2006 World Series crown,