VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings let Wiley fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.

by JohnRandle · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Whoever sat across the table from the Vikings should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend. Very little went wrong, and the A- is earned.

The Wiley pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Chop Robinson and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.10 · Pick 42 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
Nothing to complain about; Chop Robinson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.14 · Pick 46 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 58
They liked T'Vondre Sweat enough to skip the value, taking him in the 46th pick. It fills a real need, too.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Jamari Thrash · WR · rank 92
Jamari Thrash is a better player than slot 109 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
A slide stopped in the 117th overall pick, with Khyree Jackson worth more than the price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 141
Luke McCaffrey at No. 129 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 155
Braelon Allen at pick No. 148 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 164
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Joe Milton III. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 151
Jaylin Simpson slid further than he should have, and the 168th pick is lovely value for the cornerback. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 175
They did well to land Roger Rosengarten in pick No. 179, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.26 · Pick 201 · Ethan Driskell · OT · rank 186
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ethan Driskell at the Round 6 slot is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 205
Circle this one: Jared Wiley at pick 230 is a fall that decides a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 251
Eric Gentry in the 244th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor itch, scratched.
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