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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (MIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (MIN)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (MIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (MIN)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (MIN)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (MIN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (MIN)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (SEA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (SEA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (SEA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (SEA)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Players Gained
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Joe Mixon
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Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB+
The Vikings fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Vikings came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They will answer for taking DT-EDGE early while edge rusher and interior defensive lineman went begging. The Neal reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In slot 16 they get a ballhawk on the outside. Need was not the driver here.
Pick44 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy is a better player than the 44th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick80 Rnd3 Maason Smith
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher and interior defensive lineman to take Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick112 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg in pick 112 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick116 Rnd4 Junior Colson
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Junior Colson while clear needs at edge rusher and interior defensive lineman sat open.
Pick127 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
They paid sticker price for Donovan Jackson in pick No. 127, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis at the 149th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick162 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore in the Round 5 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick165 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
They jumped the gun on Ben Sinnott, taking him earlier than his grade liked. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick179 Rnd6 Devin Neal
Devin Neal in pick No. 179 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick233 Rnd7 Walter Rouse
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Walter Rouse. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.