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 · 2 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

The Zakhari Franklin pick is the one that will follow the Vikings into the fall. They took him 63 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. With safety unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain.

That is a quarterback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.15 · Pick 15 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 16
In the Round 1 slot they get juice off the edge. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 23
A top-tier quarterback at a bargain, Bo Nix in slot 42, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.14 · Pick 46 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
A reach on T'Vondre Sweat in pick 46; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 104
Good price on Khyree Jackson in Round 4, Pick 8, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 134
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 130th pick on Kamal Hadden with safety unsolved.
R5.14 · Pick 150 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 154
Jaylen Wright at pick No. 150 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Zakhari Franklin · WR · rank 223
Zakhari Franklin at pick No. 160 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Austin Booker · DL-EDGE · rank 156
Value with a capital V on Austin Booker in slot 166, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Trey Knox · TE · rank 176
A clean, defensible pick in pick 179 with a little surplus value in Trey Knox. The roster fit checks out.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 233
By-the-book stuff, Matthew Jones at the 230th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.14 · Pick 234 · Chad Lindberg · C · rank 251
Chad Lindberg at No. 234 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.15 · Pick 235 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 265
They reached into another round for DeMonte Capehart, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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