VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

by TCSmith · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Vikings, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend. It nets out to a B+, which feels about right.

A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want. They will need Haynesworth to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The Irving pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 20
In the Round 1 slot they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 38
Chop Robinson at No. 42 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 46
A clean, defensible pick in the 50th overall pick with a little surplus value in J.J. McCarthy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 92
Bucky Irving at pick 108 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 114
Ainias Smith slipping to Round 4, Pick 30 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Sincere Haynesworth · C · rank 153
Sincere Haynesworth at slot 137 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Layden Robinson · OG · rank 163
They went early on Layden Robinson in the 148th pick, and the value did not follow. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 151
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Braelon Allen at pick No. 160. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Keith Randolph Jr. · DL-EDGE · rank 150
Keith Randolph Jr. at slot 163 is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Edefuan Ulofoshio · LB · rank 152
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Edefuan Ulofoshio in pick No. 166. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 183
They paid sticker price for Josh Proctor in the 179th pick, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Daequan Hardy · CB · rank 217
Daequan Hardy in the 230th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
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