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Draft Selections
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall
C+
ValueC-
NeedB
TradesB-
FutureB-
The Vikings let Lane fall and pounced. Final grade: C+. The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Ja'Kobi Lane, the No. 70 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 5 slot like a gift left on the doorstep.
The King reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.
Pick Analysis
Pick18
Rnd1
Anthony Hill Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a green-dot type in the middle, a steep price for the projection.
Pick49
Rnd2
Jaeden Roberts
Jaeden Roberts at the 49th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick82
Rnd3
Ty Simpson
Ty Simpson in pick 82 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick97
Rnd3
Kenyon Sadiq
Kenyon Sadiq in pick No. 97 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick161
Rnd5
Ja'Kobi Lane
They robbed the room for Ja'Kobi Lane here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick194
Rnd6
Haynes King
A big swing on Haynes King at No. 194, well ahead of any board in the building. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick234
Rnd7
John Michael Gyllenborg
John Michael Gyllenborg at slot 234 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick240
Rnd7
Will Kacmarek
Will Kacmarek in the 240th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It patches a soft spot without any drama.








