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  • josh DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIA)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Keion Crossen
CB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureB+
The Vikings cashed the board's mistake on Pritchett: B.

The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Nehemiah Pritchett, the No. 141 name on the board, sitting there at pick 165 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

Job largely done: quarterback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In slot 11 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher. A real need, handled.
Pick42 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on J.J. McCarthy. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick108 Rnd4 Nelson Ceaser
Nelson Ceaser in pick 108 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick130 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Cam Hart in the 130th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick148 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
They paid sticker price for Keith Randolph Jr. in Round 5, Pick 12, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick165 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
They robbed the room for Nehemiah Pritchett here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick179 Rnd6 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten slid further than he should have, and the 179th overall pick is lovely value for the offensive lineman. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick230 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Nathaniel Watson at pick No. 230 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.