VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Minnesota Vikings

McCarthy is the plan now, and the Vikings grade out a B+.

by herewego · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 1 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A-
Future B

The Vikings spent the pick that matters most on J.J. McCarthy, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

On value alone, Suamataia makes the weekend a net positive. They punted on running back, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 23
In pick 11 they get a passer to set the clock by, though they paid up to get him. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 37
They paid sticker price for Jordan Morgan in the 38th pick, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Jalen McMillan · WR · rank 99
Good price on Jalen McMillan in No. 106, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
Kingsley Suamataia at Round 4, Pick 8 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Mohamed Kamara · DL-EDGE · rank 132
Mohamed Kamara in pick No. 129 is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.10 · Pick 146 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 144
No edge and no loss on Trevor Keegan in the 146th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 145
Value with a capital V on Tommy Eichenberg in the Round 5 slot, a genuine coup. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 147
A wide receiver of that caliber at slot 167 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Khristian Boyd · DL-EDGE · rank 178
A straight-up fair deal on Khristian Boyd at Round 6, Pick 2, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 154
Kitan Oladapo in slot 182 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 198
Curtis Jacobs in No. 230 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R7.12 · Pick 232 · Ryan Flournoy · WR · rank 205
Ryan Flournoy in the 232nd pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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