VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE F

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Minnesota Vikings

Quarterback settled, Williams in the fold, and a F for the Vikings.

by Me · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 1 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future F

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Vikings did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high.

So much rides on Caleb Williams that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.

The Sweat reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. On value alone, Logan Jr. makes the weekend a net positive.

They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

The verdict is harsh because the weekend was, and there is little to argue.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Caleb Williams · QB · rank 2
In pick No. 2 they get the face of the franchise. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.3 · Pick 3 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In pick 3 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.4 · Pick 4 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In No. 4 they get the arm they will build around at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
The board had cheaper options than T'Vondre Sweat at the 52nd overall pick, and it noticed. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 82
Mike Sainristil in Round 3, Pick 20 is fair value, right on his grade. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 121
Value with a capital V on Darius Robinson in the 130th pick, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Beaux Limmer · C · rank 144
Beaux Limmer at slot 148 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 146
A tidy bit of business in the Round 5 slot, where Dylan Laube graded well above the range. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 163
LaDarius Henderson at pick 166 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 171
Frank Gore Jr. slipping to slot 179 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Kenny Logan Jr. · S · rank 210
A safety of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
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