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  • jimbo92107 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Jadan Baugh Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jadan Baugh
RB Florida
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (MIN)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Brendan Sorsby Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (MIN)
Brendan Sorsby
QB Texas Tech
Kingston Lopa Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kingston Lopa
S California
Desmeal Leigh Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (MIN)
Desmeal Leigh
OT Youngstown State
Brandon Inniss Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (MIN)
Brandon Inniss
WR Ohio State
Lawson Luckie Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (MIN)
Lawson Luckie
TE Georgia
Dylan Lonergan Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Dylan Lonergan
QB Rutgers
King Mack Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (MIN)
King Mack
S NC State
Payton Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
Payton Pierce
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB NeedC TradesB- FutureB-
Echoles should have been long gone. The Vikings pounced, and earned a B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Will Echoles slide, and the Vikings were the ones holding the card at the Round 3 slot. Highway robbery. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

Reaching for Luckie left real value on the table behind him. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

It is not that Sorsby is a bad player; it is that the Vikings had louder needs to answer first.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Jadan Baugh
In the Round 1 slot they get an every-down engine for the run game. More want than need.
Pick64 Rnd2 Kade Pieper
A slide stopped in pick 64, with Kade Pieper worth more than the price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick75 Rnd3 Will Echoles
Will Echoles at Round 3, Pick 11 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.
Pick96 Rnd3 Brendan Sorsby
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 96th pick on Brendan Sorsby with edge rusher unsolved.
Pick156 Rnd5 Kingston Lopa
They barely believed it either: Kingston Lopa still on the board at the 156th overall pick. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick158 Rnd5 Desmeal Leigh
Desmeal Leigh in No. 158 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick169 Rnd5 Brandon Inniss
Brandon Inniss at slot 169 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick183 Rnd6 Lawson Luckie
A real head-scratcher, Lawson Luckie in pick No. 183 is miles ahead of his ranking. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick194 Rnd6 Dylan Lonergan
Dylan Lonergan in Round 6, Pick 16 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick212 Rnd6 King Mack
They will replay King Mack at the Round 6 slot for years; that is how good the value is. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick227 Rnd7 Payton Pierce
A reasonable price with a little left over, Payton Pierce in pick No. 227. A fine player at a spot low on the priority list.