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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (MIN)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Caedan Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Caedan Wallace
OT Penn State
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (MIN)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NYJ)
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PICK: RND: 7 (NYJ)
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Draft Picks Traded
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesC- FutureA
Larceny in No. 237 lands the Vikings a B, Torrence and all.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Ro Torrence, the No. 177 name on the board, stolen at pick 237.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get a potential shutdown corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick24 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get a double-digit-sack hope, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kris Jenkins
Kris Jenkins in the 56th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick115 Rnd4 Will Shipley
A quiet steal in pick 115: Will Shipley for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
Pick157 Rnd5 Johnny Wilson
Steal is underselling it; Johnny Wilson at the 157th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick167 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
They robbed the room for Nehemiah Pritchett here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick177 Rnd6 Layden Robinson
Layden Robinson at pick No. 177 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick230 Rnd7 Caedan Wallace
Caedan Wallace at slot 230 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick232 Rnd7 Tatum Bethune
Tatum Bethune at the 232nd pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick237 Rnd7 Ro Torrence
Ro Torrence in slot 237 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.