Revenge of the Birds
Arizona adds to their defense by getting a rangy cornerback with their last pick in round 4
The Arizona Cardinals fleshed out their Day 2 picks by moving back and adding an additional 3rd round pick for a trade down.
The Cardinals took Elijah Jones, a defensive back out of Boston College with their 90th pick.
He’s a man coverage corner with 4.44 speed and a ball hawk with 5 INT’s and 20 pass breakups over the past few seasons. He’s an athletic corner and similar to Max Melton...a man-to-man corner.
From Dane Brugler’s “The Beast”:
A four-year starter at Boston College, Jones was primarily an outside cornerback in former head coach Jeff Hafley’s balanced man -zone scheme (20.8 percent of his 2023 snaps came in the slot). Despite missing the final four games as a super senior, he still tied for the ACC lead with five interceptions and accounted for a combined 28 passes defended over his final 20 games in college. Jones is an athletic, long corner who likes to crowd ai r space. Though he looks to get physical, he tends to be overzealous in coverage to compensate for his lack of size — which leads to mistakes. Overall, Jones’ undisciplined tendencies and lack of play strength are concerns, but he has the man-to-man athletic tools that will interest press-heavy teams.
