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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (MIN)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (MIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (MIN)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (MIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (TB)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LAC)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (SF)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LAC)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Brennan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (LAC)
Brennan Jackson
DE-EDGE Washington State
Jontrey Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jontrey Hunter
S Georgia State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Cody Mauch
OG
Players traded away
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Alexander Mattison
RB
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Austin Schlottmann
OG
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Chris Reed
C
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D.J. Wonnum
EDGE
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Jaren Hall
QB
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Kirk Cousins
QB
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Nick Mullens
QB
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Olisaemeka Udoh
OG
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureA
Grand theft in the 240th pick: the Vikings steal Tagovailoa and grade out a D.

The phones were a trap the Vikings kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They banked enough surplus on Tagovailoa to cover a lot of smaller sins. Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In No. 11 they get a wrecking ball inside. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Bo Nix
Nice patience on Bo Nix, who had no business lasting to Round 2, Pick 1. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 Tyler Nubin
Tyler Nubin at pick 42 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick69 Rnd3 T'Vondre Sweat
They read the board right and T'Vondre Sweat was the payoff at the Round 3 slot. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick94 Rnd3 Bucky Irving
They took Bucky Irving at par in slot 94, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine slipping to the 126th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick165 Rnd5 LaDarius Henderson
Good price on LaDarius Henderson in No. 165, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford in the 179th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick240 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
The board fumbled Taulia Tagovailoa all the way to Round 7, Pick 20, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.