— There has been a lot of talk about the renovation at both edge and the defensive line, but inside linebacker has had an overhaul too, with draftee Cody Simon joining free agents Akeem Davis-Gaither and Mykal Walker to play with Mack Wilson Sr. and Owen Pappoe.

— Simon sure sounds like someone the Cardinals can see replacing Kyzir White as the playcaller. Assistant GM Dave Sears noted how Simon was that guy at Ohio State, “who could really run the show.”

— I said this a couple of times before the draft, and still believe it when it comes to wide receiver: It would’ve been fine if the Cardinals added someone in the draft (and they could still sign an undrafted free agent) but to me, the most important thing for the wide receiver room was never an addition but that Marvin Harrison Jr. makes that second year leap everyone is expecting. If that happens, I think the benefit will trickle down.

— After the Walter Nolen III pick, it was easy to think how much competition there will be in the defensive line room. But with cornerback now, the Cardinals have significantly raised that bar. They draft Johnson (Rd. 2) and Denzel Burke (Rd. 5) to go with veteran Sean Murphy-Bunting, Starling Thomas V (22 starts in two years), Garrett Williams (Rd. 3 2023), Max Melton (Rd. 2 2024), Elijah Jones (Rd. 3 2024) and Kei’Trel Clark (Rd. 6 2023.)

— Burke, by the way, can help on special teams and, at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds could eventually play safety. They’re gonna have the best players on this roster and figure out how to work with them.

— I know there was a lot of fingers crossed the Cardinals might take Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo, but that was never going to happen (and couldn’t after the third round, once the Giants took him Saturday in the fourth round before the Cards were on the clock.) Was a fun thought. Totally unrealistic given the Cardinals’ RB room.

— Burke, the Ohio State cornerback who is from the Valley, was as shutdown as could be during the Buckeyes’ run to the National Championship. In the playoffs, Burke played 116 coverage snaps and allowed just four receptions for 43 yards.

— There was yet another DB that came late, Nevada’s Kitan Crawford, the cousin of Patrick Mahomes and the four-year Texas Longhorn who played his fifth season at Nevada to expand his game. He was always a great special teamer though.

Ossenfort said as soon as the Cardinals picked Crawford, he heard from three special teams coaches he knew in the league praising Crawford as one of their top special teamers available.

— And one final thing on the team’s top pick. Former safety Adrian Wilson made a comparison between Nolen III and Wilson’s former teammate, the great Darnell Dockett. You know who else made a similar comparison? Darnell Dockett.

On a Cardinals’ Instagram post about Nolen, Dockett left a comment. “This pick actually made me smile and the last time I smiled like this is when we drafted Patrick Peterson and Ty the Honey Badger! No shade to the other players at all but it’s something about certain players u sense, dog. I’m usually 99.99999999 right!”

The Cardinals hope to have the same percentage with their seven picks. Probably won’t be that high, but we will see.