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Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings cashed the board's mistake on Judkins: A-.
by DrDug ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 8 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Quinshon Judkins slide, and the Vikings were the ones holding the card at No. 204. Highway robbery. They executed a plan and it shows in the A-.
Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
The roster is better shaped than it was, with safety chief among the fixes. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 24th pick they get a rangy last line of defense at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Dylan Fairchild in Round 2, Pick 29 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Circle this one: Jihaad Campbell at slot 62 is a fall that decides a draft. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They read the board right and Tyleik Williams was the payoff at the Round 2 slot. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Tyler Warren in the 66th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Taking Andrew Mukuba in No. 90 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Jake Majors in pick No. 126, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A running back of that caliber at pick 138 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They will replay Quinshon Judkins at the 204th pick for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.