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Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (MIN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Daniels is the plan now, and the Vikings grade out a B.

Nobody had DeMonte Capehart this high, and it is not close. The Vikings reached 61 spots to get him at the 227th overall pick.

Whatever Jayden Daniels becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In No. 11 they get a long-term answer under center. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell in slot 42 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick109 Rnd4 Malachi Corley
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Malachi Corley in the 109th overall pick, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Pick130 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in the 130th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick145 Rnd5 Javon Foster
Javon Foster at pick 145 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick157 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
A slide stopped in pick No. 157, with Malik Mustapha worth more than the price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick166 Rnd5 Beaux Limmer
They robbed the room for Beaux Limmer here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick179 Rnd6 LaDarius Henderson
Value with a capital V on LaDarius Henderson in slot 179, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick227 Rnd7 DeMonte Capehart
This one needs a full-page explanation: DeMonte Capehart in the 227th overall pick, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.