The Arizona Cardinals own the third overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, which begins Thursday night. They are widely expected to trade the pick, as they can potentially acquire multiple picks in this year’s draft and beyond from a team looking to move up and select a quarterback.
There has been interest in the pick.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon did not give specifics but suggested on two occasions that the Cardinals have taken a lot of calls.
In the team’s predraft press conference on Friday, he gave a ridiculous but probably accurate number of every NFL team.
“I think all teams talk to all teams, so probably 31 calls,” he said after general manager Monti Ossenfort said he has been taking calls as far back as the combine at the beginning of March.
But on Thursday night at the Cardinals’ big new uniform reveal, Gannon was slightly more specific, saying the number of teams interested in moving up to the third overall pick was “double digits.”
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the Cardinals received calls from “at least six” teams.
Because any potential trade will likely be determined by what the Houston Texans do with the second overall pick, we won’t likely see anything happen until the Cardinals are on the clock Thursday night.
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