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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (MIN)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Draft Picks Received
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (ATL)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Corley: B-.

Call it larceny. Malachi Corley sat on the board until the 109th overall pick, and the Vikings did not need to be asked twice. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped safety, which is a strange place to end up. Turner has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick 11 they get a disruptive interior force. A real need, handled.
Pick42 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy at Round 2, Pick 10 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick109 Rnd4 Malachi Corley
They robbed the room for Malachi Corley here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Shemar Turner
Shemar Turner in the 128th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.