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Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (MIN)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (MIN)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

Nobody else had Kobe King anywhere near the 97th overall pick. The Vikings did, by 30 spots, and that gap is the whole story. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

Belton at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
They jumped the gun on Tyler Booker, taking him earlier than his grade liked. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick97 Rnd3 Kobe King
Kobe King at the 97th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick139 Rnd5 Anthony Belton
They robbed the room for Anthony Belton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick187 Rnd6 Connor Colby
Connor Colby in pick No. 187 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.