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Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (MIN)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Darius Muasau Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (MIN)
Darius Muasau
LB UCLA
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Darius Muasau Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Darius Muasau
LB UCLA
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (DET)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LAR)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Marquise Copeland
DT
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Cody Ford
OT
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Josh Jacobs
RB
Players traded away
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Kirk Cousins
QB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesF FutureB
A passer of the future in Nix, and a D, for the Vikings.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Vikings did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high.

Whatever Bo Nix becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Nix reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

James falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, running back very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Bo Nix
A reach for Bo Nix in the 11th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick29 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In the Round 1 slot they get juice off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick109 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
Tykee Smith at pick 109 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick130 Rnd4 DJ James
A quiet steal in the 130th overall pick: DJ James for less than the market said. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick156 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson in No. 156 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick166 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
The board had Javion Cohen higher than pick No. 166, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick179 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
Chau Smith-Wade slid further than he should have, and slot 179 is lovely value for the cornerback. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick252 Rnd7 Darius Muasau
Darius Muasau is a better player than Round 7, Pick 32 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.