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2027 No Trades 005

  • jimbo92107 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Jadan Baugh Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jadan Baugh
RB Florida
Jayden Maiava Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jayden Maiava
QB USC
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Williams Nwaneri Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (MIN)
Williams Nwaneri
DE-EDGE Nebraska
Koi Perich Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Koi Perich
S Oregon
Drew Bobo Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Drew Bobo
C Georgia
Lawson Luckie Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (MIN)
Lawson Luckie
TE Georgia
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 5 (MIN)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
C.J. Fite Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (MIN)
C.J. Fite
DT Arizona State
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Edrees Farooq Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (MIN)
Edrees Farooq
S Tennessee
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedC+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings land in the muddy middle: C+.

The Vikings bet big and early on Williams Nwaneri, 35 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

The Perich pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Jadan Baugh
In pick 31 they get a lead back with juice. More want than need.
Pick63 Rnd2 Jayden Maiava
They paid a round early for Jayden Maiava in pick No. 63, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
Pick82 Rnd3 Nyck Harbor
They left a pile of value on the table to take Nyck Harbor this early at the 82nd overall pick. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick95 Rnd3 Williams Nwaneri
Williams Nwaneri in slot 95 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick156 Rnd5 Koi Perich
They robbed the room for Koi Perich here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick163 Rnd5 Drew Bobo
They took Drew Bobo at par in the 163rd pick, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick168 Rnd5 Lawson Luckie
Lawson Luckie in No. 168 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick181 Rnd5 Earnest Greene III
Earnest Greene III in pick No. 181 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick188 Rnd6 C.J. Fite
They reached into another round for C.J. Fite, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick189 Rnd6 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Jermaine Mathews Jr. at pick 189 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster reasoning here is anyone's guess.
Pick237 Rnd7 Edrees Farooq
Edrees Farooq at the Round 7 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.