VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Minnesota Vikings

A passer of the future in Maye, and a D, for the Vikings.

by thajoykileryahoocom · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 8 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Vikings did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Travis at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end. They will need Bertrand to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In pick 8 they get their guy under center for the next decade. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.11 · Pick 11 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
A straight-up fair deal on Dallas Turner at the Round 1 slot, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 42
They took Edgerrin Cooper at par in pick No. 42, which is nothing to complain about. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Zach Frazier · C · rank 61
They did well to land Zach Frazier in No. 64, just ahead of his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · DeWayne Carter · DT · rank 103
DeWayne Carter in slot 95 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 86
Circle this one: Blake Corum at Round 4, Pick 6 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 104
A reasonable price with a little left over, Zak Zinter in the 109th overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 121
A quiet steal in the 130th pick: Javon Foster for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.20 · Pick 156 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 135
Jaylin Simpson in No. 156 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 147
They robbed the room for Tykee Smith here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 165
Luke McCaffrey at pick 179 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 157
Jordan Travis in the 198th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.24 · Pick 199 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 211
JD Bertrand at slot 199 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Garret Greenfield · OT · rank 220
Garret Greenfield slipping to the 229th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 224
Somehow Frank Gore Jr. was still sitting there in pick No. 246, and they pounced on premier running back value. The roster fit checks out.
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