VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Minnesota Vikings

Nobody dealt better than the Vikings this weekend: B.

by kgrundseth · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 3 steals · 3 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

The tape said wait; the Vikings did not. Michael Pratt went at pick 44, a good 58 picks before the board was ready. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

Hadden falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The phones were where this weekend was really won. Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In slot 26 they get a disruptor off the edge, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
T'Vondre Sweat at No. 35 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 102
They reached a country mile for Michael Pratt at Round 2, Pick 12, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Max Melton · CB · rank 111
Max Melton at the 104th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Isaiah Adams · OT · rank 122
They paid up for Isaiah Adams at the Round 4 slot when waiting would have done the job. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 131
A straight-up fair deal on Cedric Gray at pick No. 130, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 154
Jaylen Wright in No. 148 is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 134
Kamal Hadden in the 160th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 159
A tidy little value on LaDarius Henderson in Round 5, Pick 29, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Andru Phillips · CB · rank 167
They read the board right and Andru Phillips was the payoff at pick No. 179. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 190
No drama and no debate, Christian Jones went about where he belonged in the 188th pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Zakhari Franklin · WR · rank 223
Good price on Zakhari Franklin in slot 230, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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