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TEMPE, ARIZONA – APRIL 26: Quarterback Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals poses during a press conference at the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals Training Center on April 26, 2019 in Tempe, Arizona. Murray was the first pick overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2019 NFL Draft. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

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Cardinals’ Drafted Players Table

Rnd	Player	Pick	Pos	College/Univ
1	Kyler Murray	1	QB	Oklahoma
2	Byron Murphy	33	CB	Washington
2	Andy Isabella	62	WR	Massachusetts
3	Zach Allen	65	DE	Boston Col.
4	Hakeem Butler	103	WR	Iowa St.
5	Deionte Thompson	139	S	Alabama
6	KeeSean Johnson	174	WR	Fresno St.
6	Lamont Gaillard	179	C	Georgia
7	Joshua Miles	248	OT	Morgan St.
7	Michael Dogbe	249	DE	Temple
7	Caleb Wilson	254	TE	UCLA

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/1/2019.

Let’s face it. The Cardinals had an excellent NFL Draft by all standards. And even though things were awfully weird with the whole “are we drafting Kyler Murray No. 1 overall, or not?” rumors leading up to the No. 1 overall pick, at least first-year head coach Kliff Kingsbury gets his guy.

Murray changes the face of a franchise that was destined to lack a featured guy to draw fans once future Hall of Fame wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald retires.

But Arizona’s draft class goes far beyond that. Washington’s Byron Murphy was viewed as a first-round talent, so getting him in Round 2 is an absolute steal.

The same should be said of mid rounders — such as Boston College’s Zach Allen, Iowa’s Hakeem Butler and Alabama’s Deionte Thompson — who mostly had second-round grades.

If you’re looking for a team taking full advantage of value, the Cardinals are it.

Should only a handful of these prospects work out over the long run, at least Arizona put together a number of building-block pieces, which should make Kingsbury’s job all the more easy.

And the class might have saved general manager Steve Keim’s job, too.

The Cardinals are still going to be bad this season. But they at least move up a spot in our NFL power rankings.