VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Minnesota Vikings

More right than wrong for the Vikings, and a B to prove it.

by MNEME · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B+
Future B-

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Vikings did exactly that with Braelon Allen in the Round 4 slot.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped safety, which is a strange place to end up. Spending an early pick on cornerback with safety, wide receiver and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. Hopper at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 13
In Round 1, Pick 17 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
Chop Robinson at No. 42 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 43
Fair-plus on J.J. McCarthy, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
A curious use of the Round 3 slot. Safety, wide receiver and other spots needed the pick; a cornerback in Khyree Jackson did not.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 121
Darius Robinson at slot 108 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 155
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Braelon Allen. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 137
Cam Hart in the 148th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Sincere Haynesworth · C · rank 157
Sincere Haynesworth in slot 160 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 153
Ty'Ron Hopper is a better player than pick No. 168 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 197
They reached into another round for Christian Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 217
Nice patience on Jase McClellan, who had no business lasting to Round 7, Pick 10. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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