lumedraftwiz'S MOCK DRAFT

4 round

  • lumedraftwiz DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Ty Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (MIN)
Ty Robinson
DL Nebraska
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Robinson: B-.

The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Ty Robinson, the No. 165 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 6 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They will need Booker to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In pick No. 24 they get a blindside protector, though they paid up to get him. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick97 Rnd3 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at Round 3, Pick 33 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick139 Rnd5 Kyle McCord
A quarterback of that caliber at No. 139 is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick187 Rnd6 Ty Robinson
Circle this one: Ty Robinson at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.