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  • kgrundseth DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Myles Cole Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Myles Cole
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Brandon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (ARI)
Brandon Coleman
OL TCU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CHI)
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Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesA+ FutureD
The Vikings bet the future on Maye. The board says B.

Start where it matters. The Vikings took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

The cost of the Jones reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

McCaffrey falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In No. 4 they get the arm they will build around. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick23 Rnd1 Darius Robinson
In pick No. 23 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, though they paid up to get him. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick108 Rnd4 Elijah Jones
A straight-up fair deal on Elijah Jones at the Round 4 slot, value and slot in agreement. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick157 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
Javion Cohen in slot 157 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick167 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey at Round 5, Pick 31 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Pick177 Rnd6 Myles Cole
Myles Cole at the 177th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick230 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
Matthew Jones at pick 230 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick232 Rnd7 Rasheen Ali
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Rasheen Ali well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.