B
Minnesota Vikings
Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Brooks: B.
by DugEM ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Tahj Brooks slide, and the Vikings were the ones holding the card at Round 7, Pick 25. Highway robbery.
The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Safety is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
They chose more darts over a bigger single swing. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
T.J. Sanders at No. 25 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
The board fumbled Colston Loveland all the way to pick 97, and they scooped it up. It fills a real need, too.
Kevin Winston Jr. in pick No. 126 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Taking Devin Neal in the 138th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Steal is underselling it; Smael Mondon Jr. at slot 159 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
You do not let a running back like Tahj Brooks reach Round 7, Pick 25 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.