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Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Vikings.

For all the names on the card, the loudest question went unanswered. The Vikings walked out of the weekend still thin at edge rusher, a hole that has a way of deciding seasons.

The cost of the Higgins reach is exactly the players who went right after him. That Bryant pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
A reach for Tyler Booker in slot 24; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick97 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jalen Milroe in pick 97. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick139 Rnd5 Cobee Bryant
A tidy bit of business in the 139th pick, where Cobee Bryant graded well above the range. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick187 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins at Round 6, Pick 11 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.