VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Minnesota Vikings

Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Nix: D.

by JGILL · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B

Somebody took the Vikings to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. The cost of the Ali reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Getting Nix where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and safety is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Laiatu Latu · DL-EDGE · rank 7
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get a disruptor off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 20
In pick 20 they get an anchor for the defensive front at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 23
Bo Nix in No. 42 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.19 · Pick 51 · Zach Frazier · C · rank 62
Zach Frazier at the Round 2 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 67
Brenden Rice in pick No. 70 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The roster fit checks out.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
Nothing to complain about; Khyree Jackson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 123
Fair-plus on Sataoa Laumea, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.20 · Pick 156 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 139
They read the board right and Cam Hart was the payoff at the 156th overall pick. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 187
They did well to land Jordan Jefferson in the 190th pick, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.16 · Pick 191 · Emani Bailey · RB · rank 198
They took Emani Bailey at par in slot 191, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.22 · Pick 197 · Rasheen Ali · RB · rank 209
Rasheen Ali at Round 6, Pick 22 is a conviction pick that outran the value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.43 · Pick 218 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 214
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 218 with a little surplus value in De'Corian Clark. It fills a real need, too.
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