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The Arizona Cardinals did not surprise anyone during the first night of the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday, selecting University of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the No. 1 overall pick.
Now, the Cardinals have to find a taker for fellow signal-caller Josh Rosen, whom the team selected with its first-round pick last spring.
Oddly enough, Arizona did not even begin fielding trade offers for Rosen until minutes before the draft started, according to Robert Klemko of Sports Illustrated.
Not surprisingly, Rosen's value diminished further and further as the draft progressed, and it got to the point where the Cardinals were not even going to receive even close to the return they hoped to get for last year's 10th overall pick.
Per Klemko, the Cardinals returned calls from the Redskins, Dolphins, and the New York Giants, the three teams most interested in Rosen.
Arizona had been hoping to nab a first-rounder in return for Rosen, which never seemed all that likely to begin with. Remember: the Cards actually traded up just to take Rosen last year, so they are also trying to recoup some of the value they lost 12 months ago.
But why in the world did the Cardinals wait so long to begin trade discussions on Rosen?
Unless Arizona was surely unsure of what it was going to do at No. 1, it would have made a lot more sense to deal Rosen a couple of months ago and maybe add a couple of more picks to its stable, but instead, the Cardinals, for some reason, decided to wait until the last possible second.
At this point, Arizona would probably be better off waiting until the draft concludes.
