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Minnesota Vikings

Maye is the plan now, and the Vikings grade out a D.

by thajoykileryahoocom · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need A-
Trades F
Future C+

Somebody took the Vikings to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it.

The whole projection now runs through Drake Maye; hit there and everything else looks smarter. That Brade pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

The Eichenberg reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In Round 1, Pick 7 they get the arm they will build around at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.11 · Pick 11 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In the Round 1 slot they get juice off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 128
A real head-scratcher, Tommy Eichenberg in No. 107 is miles ahead of his ranking. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 82
Josh Newton at the 109th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.22 · Pick 122 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 143
A wild overpay on Luke McCaffrey in slot 122, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 106
They barely believed it either: Matt Goncalves still on the board at pick 130. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Keith Randolph Jr. · DL-EDGE · rank 158
The board had cheaper options than Keith Randolph Jr. at pick No. 145, and it noticed. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Beau Brade · S · rank 111
Beau Brade in the 157th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Javion Cohen · OG · rank 151
A quiet steal in pick No. 166: Javion Cohen for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 169
LaDarius Henderson is a better player than the 179th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Blake Watson · RB · rank 243
A conviction pick on Blake Watson at slot 227 that the board grades a round light. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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