B
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings drew a line under the quarterback search with Nix: B.
by Thuuuuu ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Vikings committed. Bo Nix is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.
Reaching for Mitchell left real value on the table behind him. The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Landing Gray that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 20th pick they get the face of the franchise at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
No drama and no debate, Kris Jenkins went about where he belonged in slot 52. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Nehemiah Pritchett at Round 4, Pick 31 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor itch, scratched.
Antwaun Powell-Ryland at pick 157 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
By-the-book stuff, Drake Nugent at the Round 5 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They took Fabien Lovett at par in No. 168, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A slide stopped in the 179th overall pick, with Moose Muhammad III worth more than the price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Joshua Gray in pick No. 241. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jackson Mitchell. A minor need, but a need all the same.