2024 NFL draft trade grades: Biggest deals for players, picks - ESPN

We'll find out who won the draft day trades in three or four years, they say. Nonsense!

NFL general managers don't have the benefit of hindsight when it comes to making trades — why should we when evaluating those trades? We're grading these draft day deals immediately, based on the information available — just like the teams are doing.

To evaluate these deals, we'll be relying heavily on our Approximate Value-based draft pick value calculations, along with important factors such as positional value, salary cap implications, veteran impact and short- and long-term team outlook.

Trades during the draft can be enormously consequential and can set the direction for a franchise for years to come, so don't sleep on the importance of faring well here.

We'll update this page with deals as they come in throughout the draft.

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Vikings get: The Jaguars' first-rounder (No. 17)
Jaguars get: The Vikings' first-rounder (No. 23) and fifth-rounder (No. 157) along with third- and fourth-round picks in 2025

Vikings' grade: D+
Jags' grade: A

If we assume future picks are in the middle of the round and apply a 10% discount, Minnesota surrendered an early second-round pick of extra value to select Alabama edge Dallas Turner. That's bad! By my count, out of 93 first-round non-QB trades since 2004, this is the ninth-most-expensive trade-up according to ESPN draft pick valuations, despite it occurring in the middle of the round. And that's probably generous because the Vikings have a rookie QB — which means there's a decent chance they are drafting at the beginning of rounds next year. And they shouldn't be advancing draft picks in time because they aren't Super Bowl contenders right now!

Minnesota has