2017 NFL Mock Draft: 1st-Round Projections after Week 5
By Tyler Brooke
TE. Alabama. O.J. Howard. 26. player. 32.
It’s hard to tell what direction the Arizona Cardinals will go with their first-round pick. They don’t exactly have a lot of weaknesses, and while I could see them trying to draft a quarterback to learn behind Carson Palmer, I would rather see them draft a tight end.
Darren Fells and Jermaine Gresham haven’t exactly been world beaters at the tight end position, but Alabama’s O.J. Howard could give them a seriously intimidating mismatch in the passing game. He has excellent size at 6’6” and 242 pounds and has the soft hands to make him a frightening red zone threat.
If Palmer stays for 2017, the Cardinals need to give him more weapons to work with. If Howard joins the Cardinals and plays at a high level, the Cardinals could be the most complete team in the NFL next season.