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RUN ON APR 9, 2026

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Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Mike Washington Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (MIN)
Mike Washington Jr.
RB Arkansas
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (MIN)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Sam Roush Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Sam Roush
TE Stanford
Michael Taaffe Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Michael Taaffe
S Texas
Draft Picks Received
Mike Washington Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Mike Washington Jr.
RB Arkansas
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Draft Picks Traded
PJ Williams Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (NYJ)
PJ Williams
OT SMU
Louis Moore Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Louis Moore
S Indiana
Diego Pavia Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Diego Pavia
QB Vanderbilt
Jamari Lyons Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Jamari Lyons
DL Florida
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Vikings and Taaffe: B.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Michael Taaffe tumbling to the Vikings in slot 234 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. They left with safety solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

The phones were busy but the ledger stayed level.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Sonny Styles. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick49 Rnd2 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
They took Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at par in No. 49, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick82 Rnd3 Jake Slaughter
Circle this one: Jake Slaughter at pick 82 is a fall that decides a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick103 Rnd4 Mike Washington Jr.
Taking Mike Washington Jr. in slot 103 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick112 Rnd4 D'Angelo Ponds
D'Angelo Ponds at Round 4, Pick 12 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick163 Rnd5 Sam Roush
They robbed the room for Sam Roush here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick234 Rnd7 Michael Taaffe
Michael Taaffe in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.