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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (MIN)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (MIN)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BAL)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (JAX)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NE)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (BAL)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (JAX)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Players Gained
Head Shot
Ventrell Miller
LB
Head Shot
Ar'Darius Washington
CB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Kirk Cousins
QB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D
ValueB- NeedA- TradesF FutureB+
A passer of the future in Maye, and a D, for the Vikings.

The Vikings lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again. A D that will need time and luck to look better.

Everything downstream of Drake Maye depends on Drake Maye, and the building knows it. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The cost of the Watts reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Newton at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and safety is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In slot 3 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
By-the-book stuff, Chris Braswell at pick 42 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick109 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
They took Matt Goncalves at par in No. 109, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick134 Rnd4 Josh Newton
They let Josh Newton come to them and pounced at the Round 4 slot. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick156 Rnd5 Isaiah Davis
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Isaiah Davis. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick179 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern at pick No. 179 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick190 Rnd6 Eric Watts
Eric Watts at the 190th pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.