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  • Jaydog17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jayden Maiava Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Maiava
QB USC
Brendan Sorsby Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (MIN)
Brendan Sorsby
QB Cincinnati
Boubacar Traore Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (MIN)
Boubacar Traore
DL-EDGE Notre Dame
Jacarrius Peak Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jacarrius Peak
OT South Carolina
Amare Ferrell Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (MIN)
Amare Ferrell
S Indiana
Marcus Neal Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Marcus Neal Jr.
S Penn State
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (MIN)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Shadre Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (MIN)
Shadre Hurst
OG Houston
Jide Abasiri Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jide Abasiri
DT USC
Fluff Bothwell Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Fluff Bothwell
RB Mississippi State
Jayce Brown Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jayce Brown
WR LSU
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Maiava Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (LV)
Jayden Maiava
QB USC
Amare Ferrell Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (TEN)
Amare Ferrell
S Indiana
Fluff Bothwell Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (WSH)
Fluff Bothwell
RB Mississippi State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (WSH)
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Draft Picks Traded
Anthony Evans III Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (WSH)
Anthony Evans III
WR Mississippi State
Ian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (TEN)
Ian Strong
WR California
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CIN)
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Players traded away
Head Shot
Chaz Chambliss
LB
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Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D
ValueC NeedA- TradesF FutureA+
A passer of the future in Maiava, and a D, for the Vikings.

Nobody else had Brendan Sorsby anywhere near the 30th overall pick. The Vikings did, by 53 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. So much rides on Jayden Maiava that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. Hurst at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Jayden Maiava
In the 15th pick they get their guy under center for the next decade, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick30 Rnd1 Brendan Sorsby
In No. 30 they get their quarterback of the future, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick62 Rnd2 Boubacar Traore
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Boubacar Traore at slot 62. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick94 Rnd3 Jacarrius Peak
They robbed the room for Jacarrius Peak here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick141 Rnd5 Amare Ferrell
Steal is underselling it; Amare Ferrell at the 141st overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick161 Rnd5 Marcus Neal Jr.
Marcus Neal Jr. in the Round 5 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick169 Rnd5 Earnest Greene III
A reasonable price with a little left over, Earnest Greene III in the Round 5 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick183 Rnd6 Shadre Hurst
Taking Shadre Hurst in pick 183 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jide Abasiri
They barely believed it either: Jide Abasiri still on the board at Round 6, Pick 33. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick230 Rnd7 Fluff Bothwell
A big swing on Fluff Bothwell at No. 230, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
Pick251 Rnd7 Jayce Brown
By-the-book stuff, Jayce Brown at slot 251 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.