Minnesota Vikings 2024 Draft Picks
First Round, 11th overall
Second Round, 42nd overall
Fourth Round (from Detroit)
Fourth Round
Fifth Round (from Kansas City)
Fifth Round (from Cleveland)
Sixth Round (from Jacksonville)
Sixth Round (from Las Vegas through New England)
Seventh Round (from Atlanta through Arizona)
The first thing that stands out from those nine draft picks is the third round hole. It’s tough to sit out an entire round. That missing pick sits in Detroit as part of the compensation that brought tight end T.J. Hockenson to Minnesota. It’s not like the Vikings get nothing for the pick. They have one of the best tight ends in the league. That’s worth a couple Day 2 picks.
Among those nine picks, it’s interesting that only three are original picks of the Vikings. The first-, second-, and fourth-round picks are the only picks that have always been held by them. At various points, the Vikings traded away their third-, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-round picks. In his two years as the team’s general manager, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has shown a great willingness to trade. During the draft and outside the draft, he’s often taking and making calls. I don’t see that changing.
Trades.
Right now, about two months from the draft, I see equal chances that the Vikings make a big move up for the quarterback of their dreams, stay and select a player at 11, and trade back to add some draft capital. Those are the options. Those are always the options every year. The difference this year is that, right now, each probably has an equal chance of happening. If anything, I believe that the most likely is a big (or modest) trade up for the quarterback of their dreams.
This is a big draft year for the Vikings. Perhaps, one of their biggest.
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