B
Minnesota Vikings
A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a B weekend for the Vikings.
by wbwychor ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
The search is over. The Vikings handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Mustapha. They punted on running back, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
The McGregor reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 11 they get a passer to set the clock by. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Chris Braswell at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Marshawn Kneeland. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Khyree Jackson at pick No. 109 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A minor itch, scratched.
A reach on Beaux Limmer in the 130th pick; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Javion Cohen at the 148th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Circle this one: Malik Mustapha at Round 5, Pick 24 is a fall that decides a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in pick 165 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A real head-scratcher, Braiden McGregor in the 179th overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They read the board right and Brevyn Spann-Ford was the payoff at slot 230. It fills a real need, too.
The board fumbled BJ Mayes all the way to Round 7, Pick 24, and they scooped it up. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.