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 · 11 picks · 3 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

There is reaching, and then there is Tanor Bortolini at slot 179. The Vikings jumped the board by 36 and dared it to prove them wrong.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. That Pritchett pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 32
No edge and no loss on Chris Braswell in the 30th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 34
Nice patience on Adonai Mitchell, who had no business lasting to pick No. 42. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.30 · Pick 62 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 59
A clean, defensible pick in slot 62 with a little surplus value in Josh Newton. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
They took Cooper Beebe at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 91
Spencer Rattler at pick 108 is money in the bank, a quarterback taken below his worth. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Isaiah Adams · OT · rank 126
Nothing to complain about; Isaiah Adams went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 155
No drama and no debate, Braelon Allen went about where he belonged in pick 148. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Justin Rogers · DL · rank 161
By-the-book stuff, Justin Rogers at No. 160 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Nehemiah Pritchett · CB · rank 142
The board fumbled Nehemiah Pritchett all the way to the 166th pick, and they scooped it up. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Tanor Bortolini · C · rank 215
Value said wait; Tanor Bortolini in slot 179 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 250
This one needs a full-page explanation: Zion Logue in the 230th overall pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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