B
Minnesota Vikings
Grand theft in the Round 4 slot: the Vikings steal Henderson and grade out a B.
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2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 7 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. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.
On value alone, Henderson makes the weekend a net positive. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.
The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 11 they get an anchor for the offensive line. The biggest hole, addressed.
The board fumbled TreVeyon Henderson all the way to Round 4, Pick 8, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Khyree Jackson at the 128th pick. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
A straight-up fair deal on Shemar Turner at the 137th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Kedon Slovis slid further than he should have, and pick No. 148 is lovely value for the quarterback. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Cedric Johnson in pick 164 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Fair-plus on Josh Proctor, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They let Jordan Magee come to them and pounced at the Round 7 slot. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Xavier Restrepo at the 239th overall pick is the proof. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A quiet steal in slot 252: Donovan Jennings for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.