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11th Draft - All capital to get Hunter AND Jeanty

Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (MIN)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Draft Picks Traded
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (PIT)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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Players traded away
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Andrew Van Ginkel
LB
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Jordan Addison
WR
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Sam Darnold
QB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueA NeedC+ TradesF FutureD
Grand theft in Round 5, Pick 1: the Vikings steal Barron and grade out a F.

The Vikings spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jahdae Barron, the No. 12 name on the board, in the 140th overall pick. It bottoms out at a F.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left quarterback open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the 10th overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
Pick97 Rnd3 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick140 Rnd5 Jahdae Barron
The board fumbled Jahdae Barron all the way to slot 140, and they scooped it up. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick161 Rnd5 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild in No. 161 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.