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Minnesota Vikings

Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Lovett: A-.

by - · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Whoever sat across the table from the Vikings should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend. A near-flawless weekend of work, and a A- to cap it.

Getting Lovett where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Chris Braswell and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.6 · Pick 38 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 36
By-the-book stuff, Chris Braswell at slot 38 squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 43
No drama and no debate, J.J. McCarthy went about where he belonged in the Round 2 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Michael Hall Jr. · DT · rank 84
Steal is underselling it; Michael Hall Jr. at the 106th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 89
TreVeyon Henderson in pick 108 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 120
Kris Abrams-Draine is a better player than the 128th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 136
Mike Sainristil in No. 148 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 151
They read the board right and Jaylan Ford was the payoff at pick 159. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 158
A clean, defensible pick in No. 163 with a little surplus value in Ben Sinnott. It fills a real need, too.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 177
They paid sticker price for Josh Proctor in pick No. 179, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Dominic Lovett · WR · rank 206
Circle this one: Dominic Lovett at the 230th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.16 · Pick 236 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 232
Nathaniel Watson at Round 7, Pick 16 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
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