VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Minnesota Vikings

The phones sank the Vikings this weekend: D.

by JGILL · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future B+

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. It grades a D, and the process earned it.

Reaching for Keegan left real value on the table behind him. The Jackson pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with tight end still on the board.

The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Vikings clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 17
In slot 17 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 16
In the 20th overall pick they get juice off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 31
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Quinyon Mitchell at pick No. 42. A minor itch, scratched.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
By-the-book stuff, Jackson Powers-Johnson at the Round 2 slot squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 67
A premium they did not need to pay, Brenden Rice a notch or two before his time. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 90
No edge and no loss on Spencer Rattler in Round 3, Pick 20; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 97
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Audric Estime. The roster fit checks out.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending No. 109 on Khyree Jackson with tight end unsolved.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Khristian Boyd · DL-EDGE · rank 161
A straight-up fair deal on Khristian Boyd at Round 5, Pick 21, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 170
They took Kitan Oladapo at par in No. 166, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 187
Jordan Jefferson in the 179th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 189
Michael Barrett at pick 198 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 251
Trevor Keegan in slot 227 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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