C+
Minnesota Vikings
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Vikings and Schwesinger: C+.
by cowlover ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
Call it larceny. Carson Schwesinger sat on the board until the Round 5 slot, and the Vikings did not need to be asked twice. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.
They are betting Walley proves the room right and everyone else wrong. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.
A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.
Pick-by-Pick
Derrick Harmon in pick No. 40 lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jihaad Campbell in the 71st pick, plain and simple. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Dylan Sampson in pick 72 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Carson Schwesinger at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
They will replay Cody Lindenberg at Round 7, Pick 16 for years; that is how good the value is. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
They reached into another round for Justin Walley, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.