The Vikings lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.

J.J. McCarthy is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

They are betting McCarthy proves the room right and everyone else wrong. That Pritchett pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

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