B
Minnesota Vikings
Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Mondon Jr.: B.
by DugEM ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
Call it larceny. Smael Mondon Jr. sat on the board until No. 188, and the Vikings did not need to be asked twice.
A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.
On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with safety the one that mattered most.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a building block for the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Steal is underselling it; Xavier Watts at pick 90 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They robbed the room for Deone Walker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Jordan James at Round 5, Pick 1 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Circle this one: Jake Majors at the 159th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Smael Mondon Jr. in pick No. 188 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.