The Arizona Cardinals have not excited me with their recent drafts. Their best offseason move was to bring in Bruce Arians, to be Head Coach as he will likely be a tremendous benefit to the offense. There is a reason he has the nickname of Wide Receiver Whisperer.
While the Arizona Cardinals did not take advantage of the abundance of arbitrage opportunities in the 2013 NFL Draft, they did have a solid selection worth mentioning. First, the value of the position of this player relative to where he was selected is for another article. I am not grading where the player was, but the quality of a player for his position and long term value. OG Jonathan Cooper has the analytical profile of a guard that will be starting for many years. One of his non-modified metrics meets the thresholds you would want in a good OT or DE, but he will be doing it from the Guard position. The fact that they have a guard that will be a very good player at his position is worth noting. Again, positional value of offensive guard is worth an analytical study.
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