B-
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the B-.
by WarrenCV ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
The Vikings lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.
That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Wohler reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.
Landing Booker that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
Value with a capital V on Tyler Booker in No. 48, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Danny Stutsman. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Anthony Belton at the 74th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wild overpay on Hunter Wohler in the 75th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and DJ Giddens at Round 4, Pick 23 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Bryce Foster at pick 137 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
No drama and no debate, Zion Nelson went about where he belonged in the Round 5 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
By-the-book stuff, Thor Griffith at slot 155 squarely in line with his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Fentrell Cypress II in pick 171 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
The board had DJ Uiagalelei higher than the 176th overall pick, and the quarterback fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
The board had cheaper options than Trikweze Bridges at Round 6, Pick 26, and it noticed. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
They took Chris Marshall at par in No. 191, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid sticker price for Jaheim Oatis in slot 194, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Theo Wease Jr. in the 203rd pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A straight-up fair deal on Jordan Burch at the Round 7 slot, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Will Sheppard at pick No. 223 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It fills a real need, too.