VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Minnesota Vikings

Nix is the Vikings' new face under center. Grade: B.

by Nexx · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future C-

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. No fireworks, but a solid B.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Spending an early pick on S-EDGE with safety, wide receiver and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain.

They will need Jones to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 22
In the 17th overall pick they get the face of the franchise. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
Chop Robinson at the 42nd pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
A straight-up fair deal on Jackson Powers-Johnson at pick 45, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe in pick No. 79 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Dillon Johnson · RB · rank 118
They paid up for Dillon Johnson at Round 4, Pick 8 when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Jalyx Hunt · S-EDGE · rank 131
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jalyx Hunt adds a S-EDGE and leaves safety, wide receiver and other spots untouched.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 137
No drama and no debate, Cam Hart went about where he belonged in the Round 4 slot. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 153
Ty'Ron Hopper at slot 148 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Justin Rogers · DL · rank 161
By-the-book stuff, Justin Rogers at Round 5, Pick 24 squarely in line with his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Grayson Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 168
No edge and no loss on Grayson Murphy in slot 166; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 175
They did well to land Roger Rosengarten in No. 179, just ahead of his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 242
Matthew Jones at the 230th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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