C
Minnesota Vikings
The jury is out on the Vikings. For now, C.
by Cashydemon ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 19 picks
· 4 steals
· 13 reaches
The tape said wait; the Vikings did not. Jam Griffin went at pick 233, a good 155 picks before the board was ready.
They banked enough surplus on Ransom to cover a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
The roster is better shaped than it was, with safety chief among the fixes.
It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get a matchup problem out wide. A clean fit for the roster.
They paid up for Luke Kandra at the 97th pick when waiting would have done the job. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Cobee Bryant at pick 138 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Mello Dotson at Round 5, Pick 10 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Cam Skattebo in pick No. 148, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Kamren Fabiculanan in the Round 5 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They reached a country mile for Ty Hamilton at slot 168, and the board is aghast. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Value said wait; Mario Williams in pick No. 170 says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A big swing on Hunter Wohler at the Round 6 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They robbed the room for Lathan Ransom here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jam Griffin in No. 233 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They talked themselves into Jake Smith at the 240th pick, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
The board had cheaper options than Garrett Dellinger at the 248th overall pick, and it noticed. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Fair-plus on Bryson Nesbit, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
Jaishawn Barham in No. 251 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Fentrell Cypress II this early at pick 252. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Dontae Manning well ahead of where he belonged. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
They reached into another round for Fred Davis, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
A wild overpay on Noah Daniels in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.