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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: B.

by JGill · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B+
Future C

The search is over. The Vikings handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

The Tracy Jr. steal is the beam this whole class leans on. That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made. The cost of the Murphy reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In Round 1, Pick 11 they get the face of the franchise at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
Jackson Powers-Johnson in No. 42 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 84
Gabriel Murphy in the 74th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.22 · Pick 122 · Max Melton · CB · rank 111
Nice patience on Max Melton, who had no business lasting to pick No. 122. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 138
Cam Hart in the 145th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R5.10 · Pick 146 · Keith Randolph Jr. · DL-EDGE · rank 156
A reach on Keith Randolph Jr. in pick 146; the board had better options right there. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 157
No drama and no debate, Braelon Allen went about where he belonged in slot 157. The roster fit checks out.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Edefuan Ulofoshio · LB · rank 159
Fair-plus on Edefuan Ulofoshio, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 178
They took Roger Rosengarten at par in No. 179, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Tyrone Tracy Jr. · WR · rank 200
Taking Tyrone Tracy Jr. in pick 227 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.17 · Pick 237 · Taulia Tagovailoa · QB · rank 233
Taulia Tagovailoa at slot 237 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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