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The Best Draft Strat For Vikings B

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings let Pritchett fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

by Donglongbong · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 9 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades C+
Future A

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Vikings watched Nehemiah Pritchett slide 19 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.

They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.21 · Pick 21 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In pick No. 21 they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.23 · Pick 55 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 46
A quiet steal in pick 55: J.J. McCarthy for less than the market said. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.23 · Pick 86 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Cooper Beebe at the 86th overall pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 112
They paid sticker price for Leonard Taylor III in slot 108, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.20 · Pick 120 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 117
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in Malik Washington. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 121
A slide stopped in Round 4, Pick 30, with Jarrian Jones worth more than the price. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 125
The board had Tommy Eichenberg higher than No. 138, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 146
Theo Johnson at the 148th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Nehemiah Pritchett · CB · rank 141
Nehemiah Pritchett at pick No. 160 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R5.28 · Pick 164 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 149
Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 164 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Austin Booker · DL-EDGE · rank 156
Value with a capital V on Austin Booker in the 165th pick, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 166
Frank Gore Jr. in pick 179 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Taulia Tagovailoa · QB · rank 220
They read the board right and Taulia Tagovailoa was the payoff at the 230th overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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