B+
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings checked most of the boxes and earned a B+.
by 2Evil2Hope ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Ben Sinnott at pick No. 109 is 22 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.
Tracy Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster. They trusted the board more than the depth chart.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 26 they get protection for the quarterback, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Fair-plus on T'Vondre Sweat, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, T.J. Tampa at the Round 2 slot. It adds depth where they could use a little.
They did well to land Brandon Dorlus in slot 85, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A tidy little value on Blake Corum in Round 3, Pick 26, a step better than break-even. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A real head-scratcher, Ben Sinnott in pick 109 is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Cedric Gray at the 126th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Value with a capital V on Tyrone Tracy Jr. in pick No. 130, a genuine coup. It fills a real need, too.
Tykee Smith slipping to the Round 5 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A slide stopped in the 166th pick, with Jordan Travis worth more than the price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.