Cardinals’ GM Steve Keim is a planner. When his starters enter their contract years, Keim often looks to the draft as an opportunity to employ a “next man up” insurance policy.
In 2015 when starting RT Bobby Massie was in his contract year, Keim used his 1st round pick on T D.J. Humphries. The plan was for Humphries to take over for Massie---although curiously in 2016 Keim made a last ditch offer in free agency to re-sign Massie who was then closing out a deal with the Bears.