B-
Minnesota Vikings
More right than wrong for the Vikings, and a B- to prove it.
by MNFtball2025 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Vikings would have aced it. Fa'alili Fa'amoe at pick 235 is 22 spots clear of where he belonged.
The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Daniels pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 18 they get a green-dot type in the middle, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
A.J. Haulcy at slot 49 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Treydan Stukes is a better player than the Round 3 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Sam Hecht in the 97th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
CJ Daniels in the 163rd pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
A slide stopped in pick No. 196, with Kaleb Elarms-Orr worth more than the price. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
No drama and no debate, Jaren Kanak went about where he belonged in the 234th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Fa'alili Fa'amoe this early at pick No. 235. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing TJ Hall in No. 244. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.