B-
Minnesota Vikings
A franchise passer in Nix headlines a B- weekend for the Vikings.
by SaintChop ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
Start where it matters. The Vikings took Bo Nix to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.
That Rosemy-Jacksaint pick is the receipt they will wave around later. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. The Nix pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 11 they get their quarterback of the future, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A straight-up fair deal on Kris Jenkins at No. 42, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Blake Corum in slot 108, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Good price on Josh Newton in the Round 4 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick No. 157 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They will replay Jarrian Jones at the 167th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Khristian Boyd at Round 6, Pick 2 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
The board had cheaper options than Nick Gargiulo at the 188th pick, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint at pick No. 230 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It patches a soft spot without any drama.