When mock drafts click

Each year when the NFL Draft arrives, every time the Cardinals are on the clock, I write down the name of the player I hope the Cardinals will select. It’s not often that the name I write down is the name that appears on the Cardinals’ card.

This year, it happened a record 4 times:

• R3 —- Elijah Jones, CB, Boston Coll
• R4 —- Dadrion Taylor Demerson, S, Texas Tech
• R5 —-Xavier Thomas, OLB, Clemson
• R5 —- Christian Jones, T, Texas

What would have been my pre-draft mock (if I had known the trades and player availabilities in advance):

Here were the players I wrote in when the Cardinals were on the clock:

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