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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (MIN)
Raheim Sanders
RB Arkansas
Reuben Fatheree II Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (MIN)
Reuben Fatheree II
OT Texas A&M
Cameron Ward Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cameron Ward
QB Washington State
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Steve Linton Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (MIN)
Steve Linton
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Roman Hemby Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIN)
Roman Hemby
RB Maryland
Sincere Haynesworth Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (MIN)
Sincere Haynesworth
C Tulane
Draft Picks Received
Reuben Fatheree II Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (SF)
Reuben Fatheree II
OT Texas A&M
Sincere Haynesworth Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (SEA)
Sincere Haynesworth
C Tulane
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BUF)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (SEA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (SF)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Players Gained
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Shane Buechele
QB
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Charvarius Ward
CB
Players traded away
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Jack Snyder
OG
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Jordan Hicks
LB
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Luiji Vilain
EDGE
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Nick Muse
TE
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 157 lands the Vikings a B, Ward and all.

The Vikings spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Cameron Ward, the No. 138 name on the board, in the Round 5 slot.

They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The cost of the Haynesworth reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Vikings paired the rookies with proven help, Charvarius Ward leading the way.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
Dallas Turner in slot 20 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick52 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick120 Rnd4 Raheim Sanders
They took Raheim Sanders at par in Round 4, Pick 20, which is nothing to complain about. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick126 Rnd4 Reuben Fatheree II
Fair-plus on Reuben Fatheree II, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick157 Rnd5 Cameron Ward
Somehow Cameron Ward was still sitting there in the 157th overall pick, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick160 Rnd5 Byron Murphy II
By-the-book stuff, Byron Murphy II at No. 160 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick168 Rnd5 Steve Linton
Steve Linton in pick 168 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick241 Rnd7 Roman Hemby
A straight-up fair deal on Roman Hemby at the 241st pick, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Pick246 Rnd7 Sincere Haynesworth
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Sincere Haynesworth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.