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RUN ON FEB 26, 2024

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Draft Selections
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (MIN)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A franchise passer in Penix Jr. headlines a B- weekend for the Vikings.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Vikings committed. Michael Penix Jr. is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.

They will need Harrell to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Michael Penix Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick42 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They paid a round early for T'Vondre Sweat in Round 2, Pick 10, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
Pick109 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Nothing to complain about; Dominick Puni went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick130 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
A straight-up fair deal on Tommy Eichenberg at pick 130, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick156 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
By-the-book stuff, Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 156 squarely in line with his ranking. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick166 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
Layden Robinson in slot 166 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
Jaylen Harrell in the 179th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick190 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 190 with a little surplus value in Curtis Jacobs. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.