B-
Minnesota Vikings
Grand theft in slot 230: the Vikings steal Williams and grade out a B-.
by kgrundseth ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Isaiah Williams, the Round 7 slot, roughly 32 picks past where he belonged.
Lloyd has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
J.J. McCarthy at the 42nd pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, MarShawn Lloyd well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had cheaper options than Kamal Hadden at pick No. 130, and it noticed. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
No drama and no debate, Javion Cohen went about where he belonged in slot 148. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Layden Robinson at pick 160 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 166 is the proof. A minor itch, scratched.
Nice patience on Chau Smith-Wade, who had no business lasting to Round 6, Pick 4. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Isaiah Williams at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.