Background: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - APRIL 27: Paris Johnson Jr. walks onstage after being selected sixth overall by the Arizona Cardinals during the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft at Union Station on April 27, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri.Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images.
Much of what I am about to say is an attempt to connect the dots as to how and why the Cardinals pulled off the niftiest set of 1st round maneuvers that I have ever seen throughout my six decades of Cardinals fandom.
The most important preparation for the draft was made the day that Cardinals’ new GM hired Dave Sears (Lions’ Director of College Scouting) as his assistant GM.