The Arizona Cardinals made a trade no one was expecting on Thursday, the first day of the NFL draft. A mistake general manager Monti Ossenfort made during the playoffs in the team’s coaching search costs them 30 spots in the third round of the draft.
Ossenfort called head coach Jonathan Gannon, who was then the defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, when such contact was not allowed.
The Cardinals reported the call themselves and settled with the Eagles, giving Philly their original third-round selection, No. 66 overall, in exchange for the No. 94 pick (Philly’s third-round pick) and a 2024 fifth-round pick.
As of the start of the draft, the Cardinals still had eight selections in six rounds.
These were the picks they entered the draft with:
Arizona Cardinals’ 2023 NFL draft picks
- Round 1, pick 3 (No. 3 overall)
- Round 2, pick 3 (No. 34 overall)
- Round 3, pick 31 (No. 94 overall)
- Round 3, pick 33 (No. 96 overall – compensatory)
- Round 4, pick 3 (No. 105 overall)
- Round 5, pick 33 (No. 168 overall – compensatory)
- Round 6, pick 3 (No. 180 overall)
- Round 6, pick 36 (No. 213 overall – compensatory)
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