B
Minnesota Vikings
Quarterback settled, Daniels in the fold, and a B for the Vikings.
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2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 8 steals
· 0 reaches
They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Vikings' quarterback, full stop.
The Fisher pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
Nothing to complain about; Jayden Daniels went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Circle this one: Kool-Aid McKinstry at Round 2, Pick 10 is a fall that decides a draft. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Marist Liufau at the 108th overall pick is the proof. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A slide stopped in No. 130, with Braelon Allen worth more than the price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They barely believed it either: Blake Fisher still on the board at slot 148. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Cedric Gray in the 160th pick, plain and simple. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Nehemiah Pritchett at pick No. 165 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
James Williams in pick 179 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They will replay Jonah Monheim at pick No. 230 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.