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Draft Selections
Dante Moore Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Dante Moore
QB Oregon
Spencer Fano Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (MIN)
Spencer Fano
OT Utah
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (MIN)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Jordyn Tyson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jordyn Tyson
WR Arizona State
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Tyreak Sapp Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (MIN)
Tyreak Sapp
DE-EDGE Florida
Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (MIN)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Michael Taaffe Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIN)
Michael Taaffe
S Texas
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (MIN)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Spencer Fano Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (GB)
Spencer Fano
OT Utah
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CHI)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CHI)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (GB)
Malik Muhammad
CB Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ARI)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Micah Parsons
LB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall A
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB+
Larceny in slot 241 lands the Vikings a A, Taaffe and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Michael Taaffe had no business being available in the 241st pick, and the Vikings did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Very little went wrong, and the A is earned.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. Micah Parsons gives the group a proven body among the projects.

On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

Bottom line, with Dante Moore leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Dante Moore
They barely believed it either: Dante Moore still on the board at Round 2, Pick 10. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick59 Rnd2 Spencer Fano
They robbed the room for Spencer Fano here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jermod McCoy
Circle this one: Jermod McCoy at the 73rd overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick91 Rnd3 Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton in pick 91 is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick97 Rnd3 Jordyn Tyson
Jordyn Tyson in slot 97 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick161 Rnd5 Kenyon Sadiq
You do not let a tight end like Kenyon Sadiq reach the 161st pick and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick200 Rnd6 Jake Slaughter
Taking Jake Slaughter in No. 200 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.
Pick226 Rnd7 Tyreak Sapp
The board fumbled Tyreak Sapp all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick237 Rnd7 Chandler Rivers
Chandler Rivers at No. 237 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick241 Rnd7 Michael Taaffe
Michael Taaffe in pick 241 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick257 Rnd7 Kaytron Allen
Kaytron Allen at the 257th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.