B-
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings drew a line under the quarterback search with Nix: B-.
by Alejan74 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 0 steals
· 6 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Vikings would have aced it. Kimani Vidal at pick 157 is 96 spots clear of where he belonged.
Whatever Bo Nix becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.
Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
Good work on the whole, with safety the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
By-the-book stuff, Jer'Zhan Newton at the 11th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
In No. 23 they get their guy under center for the next decade. The biggest hole, addressed.
Mason McCormick in Round 4, Pick 8 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
James Williams at pick 129 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Kimani Vidal at slot 157 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Myles Harden this early at the Round 5 slot. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They reached into another round for Myles Cole, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A wild overpay on Jalen Coker in No. 230, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Jowon Briggs at the 232nd pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.