Reheheheheh'S MOCK DRAFT

miami

  • Reheheheheh DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Sammy Brown Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (MIN)
Sammy Brown
LB Clemson
Drew Azzopardi Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (MIN)
Drew Azzopardi
OT Washington
Jamari Sharpe Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jamari Sharpe
CB Indiana
Jackson Bennee Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jackson Bennee
S Utah
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Anto Saka Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Anto Saka
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Cooper Barkate Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cooper Barkate
WR Miami
Antwan Raymond Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (MIN)
Antwan Raymond
RB Rutgers
Solomon Tuliaupupu Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (MIN)
Solomon Tuliaupupu
DE-EDGE Montana
Ezra Christensen Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (MIN)
Ezra Christensen
DL Colorado
Eric Singleton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIN)
Eric Singleton Jr.
WR Florida
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A mixed bag for the Vikings, and a C+ to match.

The Vikings treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 2, Pick 30 on Drew Azzopardi a full 141 spots early. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.

That Raymond pick is the receipt they will wave around later. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

If Sammy Brown and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Sammy Brown
In pick No. 30 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at fair value.
Pick62 Rnd2 Drew Azzopardi
Drew Azzopardi in slot 62 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jamari Sharpe
A straight-up fair deal on Jamari Sharpe at the Round 3 slot, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick94 Rnd3 Jackson Bennee
Jackson Bennee at the 94th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick156 Rnd5 Nyck Harbor
They will replay Nyck Harbor at pick 156 for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick163 Rnd5 Anto Saka
Anto Saka at Round 5, Pick 26 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick167 Rnd5 Cooper Barkate
They barely believed it either: Cooper Barkate still on the board at pick 167. The roster fit checks out.
Pick193 Rnd6 Antwan Raymond
Steal is underselling it; Antwan Raymond at slot 193 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick204 Rnd6 Solomon Tuliaupupu
You do not let an edge rusher like Solomon Tuliaupupu reach Round 6, Pick 24 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick213 Rnd6 Ezra Christensen
Ezra Christensen at the 213th overall pick is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick231 Rnd7 Eric Singleton Jr.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Eric Singleton Jr. at No. 231. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.