VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: D-.

by TraderRick · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 7 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future C-

Somebody took the Vikings to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it.

Jayden Daniels gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end. However the rest shakes out, Corum at that price is a win they earned.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, tight end very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 7
In No. 5 they get the arm they will build around at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.11 · Pick 11 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 11
In pick No. 11 they get a premier pass rusher. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 18
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get a wrecking ball inside at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 62
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Haynes. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 82
Kris Abrams-Draine at the 92nd overall pick is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 86
They robbed the room for Blake Corum here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · James Williams · S · rank 125
A tidy little value on James Williams in pick 129, a step better than break-even. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 137
By-the-book stuff, Jarrian Jones at the 138th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Mason McCormick · OT · rank 146
Mason McCormick slid further than he should have, and Round 5, Pick 21 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 147
The board fumbled Jacob Cowing all the way to slot 167, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 173
Jordan Travis in the Round 6 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 169
Circle this one: Kamal Hadden at the 188th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 221
Value with a capital V on JD Bertrand in pick 230, a genuine coup. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
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