As I posted in the draft thread:
YES!!! YES!!! Y ...E....S YES! Keim fucking did it, he killed it with the first pick :D I was praying Buffalo would trade up and snag Allen to save us from ourselves just in case but man was it beautiful and unexpected for Rosen to fall to 10! I thought we'd have to trade to the 7-8 range for him once he started to fall. Doing it at 10 meant no second round pick or 2019 first involved even before the details were announced and a third in the draft where we have two and a fifth is a mighty fine price to pay to get a true franchise QB prospect. Especially when you see how badly the Saints were fleeced and hell, what Buffalo gave for moving the same amount of spots (albeit to an earlier pick which is an important detail).
This was a big deal for Cards fans because Keim had never before traded up in the first round and also had never taken a QB in the first half of the draft. It had to happen but Keim loves trading back for more pics and there was that creeping doubt that he'd pull the trigger. Way to go, Keim, you stuck to what you said this offseason and were aggressive. Mayock tried to say Miami wouldn't go QB and he'd have fallen to 15 but fuck that, we've had two years within the last 3 where teams jumped us for a QB we wanted an, in particular, last year when it happened to freaking times! Keim was happy with either Mahomes or Watson and felt one of the two would fall to us and then...KS and TX happened. So this time, no fucking around, go get your guy and at the price, we had to pay, the future was not mortgaged which is phenomenal. Rosen is the best passer and most intelligent QB in the draft and I can't believe he fell to us. The concussion history does scare me but hopefully, this kid stays healthy because he has all the talent and mental traits to be a very successful franchise QB for us for many years to come. One that can one day take us to the promise land if all pans out. Right now we have Bradford starting but we can now breath easy knowing the near future is already in AZ.
I'd also like to throw in that it will be glorious in a few seasons when Jimmy and Rosen have proven themselves to all that Russell will be the worst QB in the division :p In any case, Rosen, Goff, Jimmy G, and Wilson is a hell of a roundup for one division! Has to be the most loaded division at the position in the league (if Rosen pans out as I expect).
Now that we have our future franchise QB, we can build around him and we just happen to have a ton of cap space available to us next year and will be one of the biggest players in FA in 2019. The future is very bright for the Cardinals, very bright indeed! :D