kwheats'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • kwheats DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings drew a line under the quarterback search with McCarthy: B-.

The search is over. The Vikings handed the keys to J.J. McCarthy, and the whole operation now runs on his development. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

They are betting Greenfield proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The Johnson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 J.J. McCarthy
In the 11th pick they get their quarterback of the future, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick23 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In slot 23 they get a load in the middle. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick108 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter at pick No. 108 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick129 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
Circle this one: Leonard Taylor III at pick 129 is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick157 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
They reached into another round for Khristian Boyd, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick167 Rnd5 Garret Greenfield
Garret Greenfield at Round 5, Pick 31 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick177 Rnd6 Nehemiah Pritchett
Nehemiah Pritchett in No. 177 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick230 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
They reached a country mile for Brevyn Spann-Ford at the Round 7 slot, and the board is aghast. The roster fit checks out.
Pick232 Rnd7 Cornelius Johnson
They barely believed it either: Cornelius Johnson still on the board at slot 232. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.