{"id":6214,"date":"2025-04-28T05:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T05:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/6214\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T05:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T05:54:10","slug":"pff-lists-shemar-stewart-as-best-fit-for-the-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/6214\/","title":{"rendered":"PFF lists Shemar Stewart as best fit for the Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the NFL Draft just four days away, one expert NFL writer thinks Texas A&amp;M EDGE Shemar Stewart would be the best first round fit for the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/draft-2025-nfl-draft-first-round-fits-for-every-ream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pro Football Focus\u2019 Mason Cameron<\/a> lists <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\/shemar-stewart\/3576148\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stewart<\/a> as the best fit for the Cardinals, noting Stewart\u2019s size and length as an \u201cideal fit\u201d under head coach Jonathan Gannon.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart\u2019s scheme versatility, size and length make him an ideal fit for Jonathan Gannon\u2019s defense. While his production hasn\u2019t always jumped off the stat sheet, he has the tools to become a disruptive presence across multiple alignments. His strength at the point of attack stands out \u2014 he posted an 88.2 run-defense grade in 2024 \u2014 and that ability could earn him early snaps in\u00a0Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-6, 290 pound EDGE is coming off a season where he registered 31 tackles, two passes defensed, two tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble in 11 games played.<\/p>\n<p>In three seasons with the Aggies, Stewart registered 65 tackles, 4.5 sacks and four passes defensed.<\/p>\n<p>Has Shemar Stewart been mocked to the Cardinals?<\/p>\n<p>Stewart has been projected to land with the Cardinals in the first round 11 times in the Arizona Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\/nfl-mock-draft-2\/3569611\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mock Draft Tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart impressed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\/nfl-draft-combine-2\/3575299\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL Draft Combine<\/a> in February, recording a 4.59 time in the 40-yard dash with a 1.58 10-yard split. Stewart\u2019s score of 40\u2033 in the vertical jump and a 10\u2032 11\u2033 in the broad jump portions of the combine drew comparisons to All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Texas A&amp;M edge rusher Shemar Stewart recorded a 1.58-second 10-yard split (4.59o), tied for the second-fastest split by any defender over 265 pounds over the last 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart has a similar size and athletic profile to Myles Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XTFadPE5Em\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/XTFadPE5Em<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vrhoCwrkZl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vrhoCwrkZl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextGenStats\/status\/1895276139008139596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NFL Network\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1897354849458774474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tom Pelissero<\/a> reported on March 5 that the Cardinals and Stewart met as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\/top-30-visit-kel\/3579081\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">top 30 visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft\/bestavailable\/_\/position\/edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN<\/a> lists Stewart as the fourth-ranked EDGE in the draft, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/draft\/big-board?season=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PFF<\/a> sees him as the sixth-best.<\/p>\n<p>When does the NFL Draft begin?<\/p>\n<p>The first round of the 2025 NFL Draft begins on Thursday at 5 p.m. MST. Rounds 2-3 will take place on Friday with the draft wrapping up with rounds 4-7 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AZSportsEmail-300x250-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the NFL Draft just four days away, one expert NFL writer thinks Texas A&amp;M EDGE Shemar Stewart&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,1632,2604,1327,7,1631,6,1630],"class_list":{"0":"post-6214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizona-sports-now-on-98-7-fm","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-home","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-phoenix-arizona-sports-news-phoenix-breaking-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114414045799297611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}