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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

For all the boxes ticked, the Vikings skipped the loudest one: quarterback is exactly as bare as it was.

The cost of the McGlothern reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Simpson steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

Safety was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick42 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
Byron Murphy II at Round 2, Pick 10 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick108 Rnd4 Jaden Hicks
No drama and no debate, Jaden Hicks went about where he belonged in pick 108. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick130 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
They read the board right and Kris Abrams-Draine was the payoff at the 130th pick. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick148 Rnd5 Dylan Laube
Fair-plus on Dylan Laube, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick160 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Value with a capital V on Jaylin Simpson in slot 160, a genuine coup. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick166 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
Chau Smith-Wade at the 166th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick179 Rnd6 Rasheen Ali
Rasheen Ali in No. 179 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick230 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern at the 230th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.