With the conclusion of the Arizona Cardinals’ season, we must look straight ahead into the offseason and that includes the NFL draft.
Probably the Cardinals’ biggest need is with their edge defenders, as they have no premium pass rushers.
In a new Draft Wire two-round mock draft from Curt Popejoy, the Cardinals add two edge defenders with their first two picks in the draft.
In the first round they Georgia EDGE Mykel Williams.
Williams is 6-foot-5 and 265 pounds. He had five sacks, nine tackles for loss and two forced fumbles to go with 21 total tackles last season for the Bulldogs. In three seasons, he had 14 sacks and 23 tackles for loss.
In the second round, they double up on the edge, taking Ole Miss EDGE Princely Umanmielen. Umanmielen played four seasons for Florida and transferred last year to Ole Miss. He is 6-foot-4 and 260 pounds. He had 10.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss last season after 15 sacks and 26 tackles for loss in four seasons for the Gators.
With Zaven Collins, BJ Ojulari and potentially the return of Baron Browning, that would be solid core of edge defenders.
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