Cardinals Should Entertain Trading Down in Draft, Per Insider

The Arizona Cardinals could move out of their second pick in the first round, according to NFL draft insider Daniel Jeremiah.

ARIZONA -- The Arizona Cardinals are in quite the interesting spot ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft.

The Cardinals have a slew of draft picks - six of which come in the first three rounds and two being first-round selections - and are expected to add some heavy firepower early on. 

"I think they're in a great spot with both these picks because I think there's a chance at pick number four - they're going to have elite players to pick right there at four. Everybody has been connecting them to the wideouts. I think there's a really good chance they have their choice of any of them," NFL draft insider Daniel Jeremiah said on a pre-Combine call with reporters. 

When asked if there was a shot the Cardinals could move out of the end of the first round with pick No. 27 - initially belonging to the Houston Texans - Jeremiah said the team shouldn't rule it out. 

"If we're going to go off that that they're going to stick and pick and take the wideout at 4, then you look at where they're picking at the bottom of the first round. Yeah, I mean, I think there's a chance. You are picking 27. You want to slide out. Somebody wants to come back up. Maybe it's for that fifth or sixth quarterback. If for some reason we go on this quarterback run and somebody wants to come up to get the extra year," he said.

"I know every year we talk about that, and it doesn't really happen very often where teams come back up for that guy. Maybe it's not as realistic, but if that opportunity were to present itself, knowing you want to grab some material offensive linemen, corners, guys like that, yeah, I think there's -- interior offensive line and corners at the top of the second round, you're going to have starting level players there. I would definitely entertain the phone call if you were to get it there at 27, knowing that you already have the playmaker in the bag there at pick number 4."