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Another day, another draft grade for Vikings
Several analysts have been grading teams’ overall hauls during this year’s draft, one of the more recent being NFL.com’s Gennaro Filice. He released his NFC North grades on Thursday and graded Minnesota the highest with a B+. Filice wrote:
Was there a more obvious first-round fit than Bradbury to the Vikings? The uber-athletic center was born to play in Gary Kubiak’s zone-blocking scheme. Reach-blocking savvy? Check! Second-level road-grading chops? Check-plus! Some question how the former tight end’s anchor will hold up at the NFL level, but he fared just fine in multiple games against Clemson's dynamic DT duo of Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence (the 13th and 17th overall picks of this draft). And given all of [Head Coach] Mike Zimmer’s griping about the run game last season, it came as no surprise that [General Manager] Rick Spielman wasn’t done on this front, spending his third- and fourth-round picks on a running back and an offensive guard.
Filice looked at the ways the Vikings could use second-round selection Irv Smith, Jr., in their offense and added a note about two late-round picks:
Lastly, seventh-round picks are undoubtedly low-yield lottery tickets, but keep an eye on [cornerback Kris] Boyd and [wide receiver Dillon] Mitchell, two talented guys who could have staying power.
Filice gave the Packers a B for their draft weekend, during which they added four players in the first three rounds. He opined that the Packers could have made a different pick with the 12th overall spot (Rashan Gary) but said the report card “got a major boost from the next four picks”: safety Darnell Savage (21st), interior offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins (44th) , tight end Jace Sternberger (75th) and defensive end Kingsley Keke (150th).
The Bears were given a C+, and the Lions received a C.