Five NFL Draft Winners From Day One

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Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Robert Nkemdiche (Mississippi) after being selected by the Arizona Cardinals as the number twenty-nine overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports /

4) Arizona Cardinals

The Cards were looking for a pass rusher and they nailed it with this pick. After watching Robert Nkemdiche fall for character issues off the field question marks, Arizona felt like they had to take a chance on this kind of talent. Personally I feel like this was the best landing sport for Nkemdiche to be successful. The Cardinals have a strong locker room and have experience handling questionable characters well; looking back to a few years ago when they took Tyrann Mathieu who has thrived in Arizona.

As a player Nkemdiche is a special talent. He is every bit the pass rusher that the Cardinals could have dreamed of drafting. He disappears at times during games, but it may be different in the NFL why he isn’t the focal point of every opposing blocking scheme. Assuming he stays out of trouble off the field, Nkemdiche could go down as a steal in this draft.

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