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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (MIN)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Isaiah Adams Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Isaiah Adams
OT Illinois
Brennan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Brennan Jackson
DE-EDGE Washington State
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (MIN)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PIT)
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Draft Picks Traded
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (PIT)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Najee Harris
RB
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Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB
The Vikings bled value on every deal, hence the D.

Somebody took the Vikings to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. Put together, it is a D.

They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the 15th overall pick they get juice off the edge at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick20 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the 20th pick they get a potential shutdown corner. More want than need.
Pick42 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick49 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
A clean, defensible pick in pick 49 with a little surplus value in J.J. McCarthy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick109 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Good price on Zak Zinter in Round 4, Pick 9, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick130 Rnd4 Isaiah Adams
Isaiah Adams in slot 130 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick156 Rnd5 Brennan Jackson
Brennan Jackson at No. 156 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick166 Rnd5 Dillon Johnson
Dillon Johnson in pick No. 166 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Khristian Boyd
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Khristian Boyd. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick190 Rnd6 Tahj Washington
By-the-book stuff, Tahj Washington at the Round 6 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.