VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Minnesota Vikings

A sensible, unshowy class lands the Vikings a B.

by Kwesi · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 2 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades C+
Future A

Priorities are a choice, and the Vikings made a strange one, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE in the 78th overall pick with safety, running back and other spots crying out for the pick instead.

Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Robinson has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took McGlothern.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 37
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get juice off the edge, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 43
J.J. McCarthy in the 44th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 71
Byron Murphy II at the 64th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 84
A want over a need in Round 3, Pick 14: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while safety, running back and other spots keeps waiting.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 114
Junior Colson in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 132
No edge and no loss on Javon Foster in pick No. 128; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 155
A straight-up fair deal on Darius Robinson at No. 148, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Jasheen Davis · DL-EDGE · rank 175
A reach for Jasheen Davis in pick 163; a little patience would have been rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.28 · Pick 164 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 156
Value with a capital V on Ainias Smith in slot 164, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 182
They paid sticker price for Christian Jones in Round 6, Pick 4, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 220
Dwight McGlothern in No. 230 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A minor itch, scratched.
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