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04.15.24

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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (LV)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Players Gained
Head Shot
E.J. Speed
LB
Head Shot
Christian Wilkins
DT
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
The Vikings let Washington fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Tahj Washington, slot 230, roughly 42 picks past where he belonged.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. The cost of the Hartman reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
Dallas Turner in pick No. 15 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick23 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In the 23rd overall pick they get a disruptor off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick108 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Nothing to complain about; Zak Zinter went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick117 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
The board had Cole Bishop higher than the Round 4 slot, and the safety fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick129 Rnd4 Elijah Jones
Elijah Jones slipping to Round 4, Pick 29 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick157 Rnd5 Dillon Johnson
Dillon Johnson in No. 157 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick167 Rnd5 Cornelius Johnson
Value said wait; Cornelius Johnson in the 167th pick says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick177 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
By-the-book stuff, Ty'Ron Hopper at pick 177 squarely in line with his ranking. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick230 Rnd7 Tahj Washington
Tahj Washington in pick No. 230 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick232 Rnd7 Sam Hartman
They reached into another round for Sam Hartman, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.