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Cardinals Clear Winners After Bears Trade First Overall Pick

The Arizona Cardinals were major winners after the Chicago Bears traded their No. 1 pick to the Carolina Panthers.

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Though the Arizona Cardinals have seen plenty of smoke on what they'll be doing with the third overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears were heavily favored to get a king's ransom for the first overall pick with a handful of top quarterbacks available to needy franchises. 

Key word: were.

The Bears have reportedly agreed to trade the No. 1 pick to the Carolina Panthers, who were initially drafting out of the No. 9 spot. 

The haul back includes picks 9, 61, a future first-round pick in 2024, a second-round pick in 2025 and WR D.J. Moore according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. 

Carolina now appears to be set to take who is likely Bryce Young, though other passers such as Will Levis, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson are available for the taking too.

How the Cardinals benefit: The Cardinals (who do not need a quarterback) are now likely in the driver's seat for the No. 3 pick. With Carolina and presumably the Houston Texans picking quarterbacks in back-to-back picks, that leaves the Cardinals with keys to either trade down for whatever team is desperate enough to move up for a remaining quarterback OR select the top non-QB prospects (Jalen Carter, Will Anderson, Tyree Wilson, etc.) 

We knew Chicago was trading out of the first pick. Now that it's official, new general manager Monti Ossenfort can really begin his busines

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Donnie Druin
DONNIE DRUIN

Donnie Druin is the Publisher for All Cardinals and Inside The Suns. Donnie moved to Arizona in 2012 and has been with Fan Nation since 2018. In college he won "Best Sports Column" in the state of Arizona for his section and has previously provided coverage for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona State Sun Devils. Follow Donnie on Twitter @DonnieDruin for more news, updates, analysis and more!