B-
Minnesota Vikings
Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Johnson: B-.
by ArthurVikes ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 2 steals
· 4 reaches
The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Cornelius Johnson, the No. 187 name on the board, sitting there at the 232nd pick like a gift left on the doorstep. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.
They will need Briggs to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a premier pass rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
In the 23rd pick they get a building block for the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Khyree Jackson at No. 108 is the proof. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Johnny Wilson at the 129th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ty'Ron Hopper this early at slot 157. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They reached a country mile for Curtis Jacobs at pick No. 167, and the board is aghast. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
They reached into another round for Joe Milton III, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Jowon Briggs at pick 230 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
You do not let a wide receiver like Cornelius Johnson reach No. 232 and blink. They did not. It patches a soft spot without any drama.