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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings bet the future on Maye. The board says B.

by RB · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A
Future D

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Vikings spent their marquee pick on Drake Maye, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback. The bottom line is a respectable B.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. Every board in the league had All lower, and that gap is the story. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 7
In pick 8 they get the face of the franchise. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 27
Nothing to complain about; Cooper DeJean went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Bralen Trice · DE-EDGE · rank 63
They took Bralen Trice at par in the 65th pick, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 79
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brandon Dorlus. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 104
Cole Bishop at slot 108 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · James Williams · LB · rank 124
They did well to land James Williams in No. 129, just ahead of his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Jamari Thrash · WR · rank 130
The board fumbled Jamari Thrash all the way to Round 5, Pick 21, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Khristian Boyd · DL-EDGE · rank 178
Khristian Boyd at the Round 5 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Erick All · TE · rank 203
Erick All in slot 177 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Sheridan Jones · CB · rank 220
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Sheridan Jones in pick 230. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R7.12 · Pick 232 · Donovan Jennings · OT · rank 239
Donovan Jennings at pick No. 232 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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