How do you grade the Vikings' 2022 draft?

I don't think you guys bashing this draft really understand who some of these guys are. I'm not going to get into the trades/values themselves, but I think some of you will eat some words once these guys hit the field. 2 uber athletic DBs you're going to love. Ingram, I'd have preferred someone else but I dunno. A LB who'll remind you of Nakobe Dean without the injury history. Today, a solid long corner, a solid DE, and a stud-in-the-rough RB who may become one of the year's steals.

Of course, none have played a down and yes, I'm likely overhyping...see what that's like when you UNDERhype and simply Booger (criticize) the picks?

Based on picks alone, a solid B draft. I'd have preferred a TE either late yesterday or early today, but to read some of you guys you'd think we selected Christian Ponder 8 times.

This evokes memories of Ontario Smith, the self proclaimed steal of the draft.

They had an opportunity to draft the best Safety in this draft, instead they got a safety that don’t like contact..

He's the exception, not the rule. I wouldn't bank on exceptions. Spielman did and now he's unemployed.

I hope you're right. Maybe some of us just suffer from Zimmer PTSD. I have to remind myself that maybe we have a coaching staff that can actually develop talent for once. But we also can't overlook the fact that this regime has basically said it wants to win a Super Bowl in the next 2 years and from that context, drafting a bunch of project players doesn't make a whole lot of sense, unless O'Connell is a miracle worker. To be fair, then they came along with their "competitive/rebuild" nonsense, so a bunch of projects would fit into that part of the plan, but then that would mean they're banking on the current roster to win that Super Bowl, and that just isn't going to happen. I really wish they'd pick a lane.

I personally wanted to see them move up in this draft and take a chance, or at the very least stay put and draft a couple of guys who could be impact starters. Maybe Cine and Booth can be those guys idk. I was also starting to warm up to the idea of drafting a WR early and opening up the offense. Now that would have been a bold splashy move for this regime to make, but instead it seems like it's trying to play it safe. It didn't take any chances, it never does, and you need to take chances to fill the trophy case. I'm growing concerned this franchise is just interested in maintaining the 9-10 win status quo that it's gotten comfortable with.

Well nobody has a crystal ball so I don't know how you can grade a draft on how you think these players might turn out 3 years from now. I'm going entirely on value, and head scratching moves, with my low grade. Again from the context of what this regime says it's trying to accomplish, which is win a Super Bowl in the next 2 years, and somehow rebuild for the future at the same time.

Huh? From what I've heard, Cine likes to hit people lol. In his presser he even said, he likes how he gets to do things on the field that would get him arrested off it. I just wish Ingram had the same philosophy ... sorry, too soon?

It's still a "meh" for me after day 3. No real sexy picks, still upset with the 2 trades to divisional opponents, and I wasn't impressed with the actual player taken at when the ywere selected (except for Booth and Otomewo). On the brighter side, they got a couple of day one starters, they went defense heavy early and often, and they picked up depth just about every level. I might have to research some of these guys and the RFAs in order to get a better feel on whether I like this weekend or not.