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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings cashed the board's mistake on Edwards: B.

Somebody in Round 4, Pick 30 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Vikings sat still while Donovan Edwards, the No. 107 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In Round 1, Pick 11 they get a problem off the edge at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
A straight-up fair deal on J.J. McCarthy at pick 42, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick108 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
Tykee Smith at slot 108 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick130 Rnd4 Donovan Edwards
They robbed the room for Donovan Edwards here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.