Cardinals Reveal Asking Price for Top Pick

The Arizona Cardinals are looking to move down - here's their asking price.

Feb 27, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Arizona Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort speaks during / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

ARIZONA -- Smoke around the Arizona Cardinals trading down in the 2024 NFL Draft continues to rise as April 25 crawls closer.

The Cardinals look to continue their rebuild as GM Monti Ossenfort enters his second draft at the helm in the desert. With the No. 4 overall pick, plenty of quarterback-needy teams could look to make the jump.

Specifically, the Minnesota Vikings became major players to move up for a quarterback once they acquired an extra first-round pick this year. After losing Kirk Cousins, it could be no coincidence Minnesota nabbed even more powerful draft ammo.

So - there's a team obviously willing to move down in Arizona. There's a team obviously wanting to move up in Minnesota.

What's the price?

Pretty steep, according to OutKick's Armando Salguero.

"NFL general managers, you see, fancy themselves trade barons. Many like to make deals but want to make sure they're doing what is always in the best interest of their clubs," he wrote.

"And Ossenfort has in conversations made it known it's in the best interest of the Cardinals to pick up three first-round picks in exchange for the No. 4 overall selection, if he has to drop a significant amount in the first round. Ossenfort has something of a case. He can bring up the 2021 draft in which the 49ers sent to the Dolphins a first-round pick in 2021, 2022 and 2023, plus a third-round pick in 2022 in order to vault from the No. 12 overall spot to No. 3.

"The fact the Cardinals are floating three first-round picks in return for their pick in what basically would be a trade for J.J. McCarthy is an open secret now."

Three first-round picks for No. 4 overall sounds steep, but that's the price the Vikings would pay if they truly believe a guy like McCarthy is the future of the franchise.

Former Vikings GM Rick Spielman offered his own trade package for a potential deal with Arizona, which you could read here.