VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings found their guy under center in Maye: D-.

by ccc · 2024 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 1 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need A-
Trades F
Future C

Nobody had Jordan Jefferson this high, and it is not close. The Vikings reached 30 spots to get him at the Round 5 slot. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D- is the result.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Whatever Drake Maye becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In slot 3 they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.11 · Pick 11 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In pick 11 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 42
They took Edgerrin Cooper at par in the 42nd pick, which is nothing to complain about. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 102
They did well to land Audric Estime in Round 4, Pick 9, just ahead of his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 125
Josh Newton in the 130th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.20 · Pick 156 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 186
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jordan Jefferson in pick No. 156, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 194
Zion Tupuola-Fetui at slot 166 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 196
A reach for Jaylan Ford in No. 179; a little patience would have been rewarded. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · Caedan Wallace · OT · rank 180
They let Caedan Wallace come to them and pounced at Round 6, Pick 15. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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