B
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings let Taylor III fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
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2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Leonard Taylor III, the No. 112 name on the board, stolen at the Round 5 slot. The bottom line is a respectable B.
A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want. Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
The offense got the lion's share of the attention.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the offensive lineman spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 11 they get a home-run threat at receiver. A clean fit for the roster.
J.J. McCarthy in slot 42 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Jaden Hicks in pick 108 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Max Melton at No. 129 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Leonard Taylor III at Round 5, Pick 12 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A slide stopped in the 160th pick, with Jaylin Simpson worth more than the price. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Braelon Allen in the 168th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Circle this one: Austin Booker at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Steele Chambers at the Round 7 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.