VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Minnesota Vikings

Maye is the plan now, and the Vikings grade out a D-.

by Nexx · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future C

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Vikings took Omar Speights at the 165th pick, roughly 36 spots before his name belonged. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D- is the result.

Everything downstream of Drake Maye depends on Drake Maye, and the building knows it. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at running back and tight end.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up. That Kinchens pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In the 3rd overall pick they get their guy under center for the next decade. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.11 · Pick 11 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In the 11th pick they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 15
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get an island corner, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Kamren Kinchens · S · rank 25
Nice patience on Kamren Kinchens, who had no business lasting to slot 42. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 61
Fair-plus on Jeremiah Trotter Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe at the Round 3 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.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 90
Sedrick Van Pran in the Round 3 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
They bypassed pressing needs at running back and tight end to take Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE that was not the priority.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 99
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Blake Fisher at pick 108. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 122
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Jarrian Jones while clear needs at running back and tight end sat open.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint · WR · rank 143
A clean, defensible pick in Round 5, Pick 12 with a little surplus value in Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 178
Value said wait; Javon Baker in pick No. 160 says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Omar Speights · LB · rank 201
Omar Speights at slot 165 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Gabe Hall · DL · rank 200
This one needs a full-page explanation: Gabe Hall in No. 179, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 233
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Matthew Jones. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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