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April 14th vikes mock

  • SG DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (MIN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (MIN)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (MIN)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Jarvis Brownlee Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
CB Louisville
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Myles Cole Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Myles Cole
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIN)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (TB)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (IND)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Jarvis Brownlee Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
CB Louisville
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (IND)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (NE)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Players Gained
Head Shot
Raekwon Davis
DT
Head Shot
Logan Hall
DT
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
A franchise passer in McCarthy headlines a B+ weekend for the Vikings.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Vikings started one anyway for McCallan Castles, 111 picks ahead of schedule.

J.J. McCarthy gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

With safety and interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. They banked enough surplus on Brownlee Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 J.J. McCarthy
In slot 23 they get a franchise quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick26 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In the Round 1 slot they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. More want than need.
Pick46 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
A surprising call. With safety and interior defensive lineman still to address, they spent pick 46 on T.J. Tampa, a cornerback they were not short of.
Pick57 Rnd2 Christian Haynes
A premium they did not need to pay, Christian Haynes a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick108 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
Braelon Allen at pick No. 108 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. adds a cornerback and leaves safety and interior defensive lineman untouched.
Pick157 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
They let Luke McCaffrey come to them and pounced at the 157th pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick167 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
Khristian Boyd in pick No. 167 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick177 Rnd6 Myles Cole
Myles Cole at pick 177 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick230 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
They read the board right and Garret Greenfield was the payoff at slot 230. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick231 Rnd7 McCallan Castles
A wild overpay on McCallan Castles in the 231st overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick232 Rnd7 Daequan Hardy
Daequan Hardy at Round 7, Pick 12 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.