
NFL draft grades are the opposite of Avengers: Endgame or Game of Thrones spoilers. Everyone is looking for them, even if in the end they don't tell you a whole lot.
But they're also like political polls in a way. One draft grade (just like one poll) doesn't necessarily tell you much. But a bunch of them put together? You can start to at least build a consensus, even if a lot of that consensus is built around similar data.
With that in mind, here is a look at six sites that graded the Vikings' full seven-round, 12-pick draft. The consensus seems to be that Rick Spielman's haul was somewhere between solid and very good — with one notable exception.
The very good
Both NFL.com and SI.com gave the Vikings grades of "A" for the whole draft. It should be noted here that NFL.com doled out grades of at least A-minus to 21 of the 32 teams. Still, those are good grades and reflect those sites' confidence not only in the Vikings' first-round pick (center Garrett Bradbury) but the depth of the class.
The solid
Three sites gave the Vikings either a B (ESPN's Mel Kiper [Insider] and SB Nation) or a B-plus (CBS Sports). Out of all of these, I think Kiper summed things up the best and probably provided the best overall snapshot of the Vikings' reality. He wrote:
"With (Kirk) Cousins in Year 2 of a three-year deal, the Vikings need to win now. This is a solid class with a few pieces to help do that."