VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings answered their biggest question with Nix. Grade: B+.

by TCSmith · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B
Future A

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Vikings committed. Bo Nix is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

Getting Hopper where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly. They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.31 · Pick 31 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 23
In No. 31 they get their quarterback of the future, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 43
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 48 with a little surplus value in Byron Murphy II. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 57
Good price on Brandon Dorlus in the 63rd pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zak Zinter. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.35 · Pick 98 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 96
No edge and no loss on Audric Estime in the 98th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 100
Jacob Cowing at the Round 4 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The roster fit checks out.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 118
A slide stopped in Round 4, Pick 30, with Kris Abrams-Draine worth more than the price. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 119
Nice patience on Darius Robinson, who had no business lasting to pick 131. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Javion Cohen · OG · rank 145
Javion Cohen in Round 5, Pick 12 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Chau Smith-Wade · CB · rank 158
Nothing to complain about; Chau Smith-Wade went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R5.35 · Pick 171 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 149
Ty'Ron Hopper in the Round 5 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 178
By-the-book stuff, Javon Baker at the 179th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Maurice Smith · C · rank 236
No drama and no debate, Maurice Smith went about where he belonged in the 230th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.29 · Pick 249 · Ja'Had Carter · S · rank 240
A quiet steal in pick 249: Ja'Had Carter for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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