VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings answered their biggest question with Maye. Grade: B.

by Phoenxrr · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 7 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future D

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Vikings took Sam Hartman a full 82 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. No fireworks, but a solid B.

Whatever Drake Maye becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

The Green steal is the beam this whole class leans on. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In the 11th pick they get the face of the franchise. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.23 · Pick 23 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 32
In the 23rd overall pick they get protection for the quarterback, though they paid up to get him. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 45
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T'Vondre Sweat. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 55
Value with a capital V on Xavier Worthy in No. 66, a genuine coup. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 92
Gabriel Murphy at pick 71 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 81
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kris Abrams-Draine in pick No. 90. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Renardo Green · S · rank 77
Renardo Green in pick No. 101 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 145
Tommy Eichenberg at pick 108 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Mason McCormick · OT · rank 146
They went early on Mason McCormick in the 129th overall pick, and the value did not follow. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 161
Dwight McGlothern in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 149
They barely believed it either: Luke McCaffrey still on the board at the 167th pick. It fills a real need, too.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 259
A real head-scratcher, Sam Hartman in Round 6, Pick 2 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Jalen Coker · WR · rank 250
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jalen Coker in No. 230, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.12 · Pick 232 · Rasheen Ali · RB · rank 256
They left a pile of value on the table to take Rasheen Ali this early at slot 232. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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