B-
Minnesota Vikings
Larceny in No. 246 lands the Vikings a B-, Watts and all.
by Kirko ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 0 reaches
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.
They banked enough surplus on Watts to cover a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but offensive lineman.
Pick-by-Pick
Nothing to complain about; Byron Murphy II went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
J.J. McCarthy at the 42nd pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They paid sticker price for Jarvis Brownlee Jr. in slot 109, and that is fine. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cole Bishop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They let MarShawn Lloyd come to them and pounced at Round 5, Pick 9. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
No drama and no debate, Keith Randolph Jr. went about where he belonged in the Round 5 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Edefuan Ulofoshio at No. 166 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They read the board right and Jordan Magee was the payoff at pick 227. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Ryan Watts in the Round 7 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.