Cardinals use No. 13 on would-be Carson Palmer successor, Davis Webb
The buzz surrounding Arizona this offseason is that the Cardinals are dead set on finally finding a successor to Carson Palmer, who pondered retirement this offseason. Heck, general manager Steve Keim recently made a funny comment about how his job might depend on it.
As we’ve seen, though, there could be a run at the quarterback position in the top half of the draft. In our bold look here, we’ve already taken Trubisky, Mahomes and Watson off the board. Keeping in line with the theme of teams reaching for a quarterback, we’re projecting the Cardinals see enough promise in the Cal product to take a gamble on Webb at No. 13.
This is a kid who looks the part, at 6-foot-5, 229 pounds, and who has a gun for an arm — a trait head coach Bruce Arians absolutely adores.
Landing here with the Cardinals would give Webb at least a year on the sideline to learn about how NFL offenses work. He has no experience with a pro-style offense, coming from Sonny Dykes’ Air Raid at Cal. So sitting behind Palmer for a year would be extremely beneficial.