F
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings drew a line under the quarterback search with Maye: F.
by GM ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 20 picks
· 0 steals
· 4 reaches
Nobody had Jalen Green this high, and it is not close. The Vikings reached 43 spots to get him at Round 5, Pick 29. It bottoms out at a F.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him.
They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 8 of 8 of the wish list covered.
There is no spinning it; the board won this weekend going away.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 3 they get a long-term answer under center. The biggest hole, addressed.
In pick 6 they get a red-zone target to build around at fair value. A real need, handled.
In the 11th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
No edge and no loss on Chop Robinson in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They took Jackson Powers-Johnson at par in slot 49, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in pick No. 66 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Brenden Rice in pick No. 68 is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.
No drama and no debate, Trey Benson went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 6. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They paid sticker price for Cooper Beebe in slot 71, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Zak Zinter in pick 89 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on Javon Solomon at No. 108, value and slot in agreement. It fits a board better than it fits this team.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on James Williams. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 5 slot with a little surplus value in Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Justin Rogers at the 151st pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They went early on Curtis Jacobs in the Round 5 slot, and the value did not follow. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Jalen Green in the 165th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
By-the-book stuff, Isaiah Davis at pick 179 squarely in line with his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They jumped the gun on Sheridan Jones, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They reached into another round for DeMonte Capehart, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Demorie Tate at No. 254 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.