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Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (MIN)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
BJ Mayes Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
BJ Mayes
CB UAB
Draft Picks Received
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Draft Picks Traded
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (WSH)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueB NeedA- TradesF FutureD
The Vikings left with their quarterback, and a F to match.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Vikings spent the 166th pick on Tanor Bortolini, a name most had 40 spots down the list. Little went right, and the F does not pretend otherwise.

Everything downstream of Caleb Williams depends on Caleb Williams, and the building knows it. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close.

Spending an early pick on OLB-EDGE with edge rusher, wide receiver and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Wright. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left edge rusher open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In the 2nd pick they get the face of the franchise. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick42 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
Good price on Kamren Kinchens in Round 2, Pick 10, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick108 Rnd4 Javon Solomon
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Javon Solomon adds an OLB-EDGE and leaves edge rusher, wide receiver and other spots untouched.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jarrian Jones
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jarrian Jones at the Round 4 slot. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick148 Rnd5 Cam Hart
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Cam Hart at pick 148 is the proof. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick160 Rnd5 Justin Rogers
Justin Rogers in pick No. 160 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick166 Rnd5 Tanor Bortolini
They talked themselves into Tanor Bortolini at the Round 5 slot, and the board did not agree. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright at slot 179 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick230 Rnd7 BJ Mayes
Value with a capital V on BJ Mayes in pick 230, a genuine coup. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.