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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings found their guy under center in Maye: F.

by Max · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future D-

The Vikings did not so much draft Caleb Murphy as overpay for him, 45 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. The board sounded every alarm, and the F is the fallout.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.

They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

About as rough as a weekend gets on paper, with safety still staring back at them.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In pick 4 they get a franchise quarterback. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.11 · Pick 11 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 13
In the Round 1 slot they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 19
In pick No. 17 they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 83
No edge and no loss on Brenden Rice in Round 3, Pick 12; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 87
They took Christian Mahogany at par in No. 88, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.10 · Pick 146 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 166
Frank Gore Jr. at slot 146 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Sincere Haynesworth · C · rank 153
Sincere Haynesworth at slot 148 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.13 · Pick 149 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 151
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylan Ford at pick No. 149, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 204
A swing that ignored the value entirely, T.J. Sanders well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Antwaun Powell-Ryland · DL-EDGE · rank 252
A wild overpay on Antwaun Powell-Ryland in pick 230, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.12 · Pick 232 · Erick All · TE · rank 250
They reached a country mile for Erick All at No. 232, and the board is aghast. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Caleb Murphy · C · rank 296
Value said wait; Caleb Murphy in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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