Tonight was the debut of All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals on the NFL Network. Highly recommended, BTW.
In the first 10 minutes they showed the Cards Draft Room during the 2015 draft. They are on the phone with Ameer Abdullah in the 2nd round telling him they are about to pick him....he gets a call from Detroit....and they pick him. Cards are devastated. They take Marcus Golden
They are "forced" to take David Johnson in the 3rd.
It just goes to show how much luck can be involved in drafting.
Last year the Cowboys were totally lucky in getting Prescott. They tried to trade up for Lynch in the 1st....they were set to take Connor Cook at the top of the 4th when the Raiders took him one pick in front of them. Did the Cowboys then take Prescott with the next pick? No, they took DE Charles Tapper. They finally took Prescott at the end of the 4th with a comp pick.
Like they say, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
