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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (MIN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (MIN)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jonah Monheim
C USC
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Jonah Monheim
C USC
Draft Picks Traded
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (NE)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings robbed the room for Henderson. Final grade: B.

The rest of the league will want that one back. TreVeyon Henderson tumbling to the Vikings in the 140th overall pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Every board in the league had Burke lower, and that gap is the story.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick38 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Walter Nolen in slot 38, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick77 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
They went early on Denzel Burke in the 77th pick, and the value did not follow. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick97 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
They robbed the room for Tate Ratledge here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick140 Rnd5 TreVeyon Henderson
The board fumbled TreVeyon Henderson all the way to pick No. 140, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick145 Rnd5 Jonah Monheim
Jonah Monheim in the Round 5 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick161 Rnd5 Chris Paul Jr.
Taking Chris Paul Jr. in No. 161 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.