VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings answered their biggest question with Nix. Grade: B.

by wbwychor · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 4 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades D+
Future A

Start where it matters. The Vikings took Bo Nix to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

The Sainristil pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The Sainristil pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at wide receiver, tight end and other spots. They punted on wide receiver, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Reaching for Jackson left real value on the table behind him.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 23
In pick 24 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 43
No edge and no loss on Tyler Guyton in slot 42; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Caelen Carson · CB · rank 70
Caelen Carson is a better player than the 87th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 87
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Mike Sainristil at cornerback with wide receiver, tight end and other spots open.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Beau Brade · S · rank 118
Beau Brade at No. 130 is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Austin Booker · DL-EDGE · rank 164
Austin Booker at the Round 5 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Cedric Johnson · DE-EDGE · rank 163
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cedric Johnson. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Brennan Jackson · DE-EDGE · rank 183
A big swing on Brennan Jackson at pick No. 165, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Isaiah Davis · RB · rank 192
They jumped the gun on Isaiah Davis, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Fentrell Cypress II · CB · rank 211
Fentrell Cypress II in Round 7, Pick 10 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
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