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  • kgrundseth DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (MIN)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (MIN)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (MIN)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Isaiah Adams Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Isaiah Adams
OT Illinois
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (MIN)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (MIN)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OG Texas A&M
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (MIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (MIN)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Jayson Jones Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jayson Jones
DL Auburn
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (NO)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (PIT)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OG Texas A&M
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (PIT)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Jayson Jones Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jayson Jones
DL Auburn
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NO)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NO)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (DET)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PIT)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NO)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (PIT)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Taysom Hill
TE
Head Shot
Cory Trice Jr.
CB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA-
The Vikings robbed the room for Sinnott. Final grade: A-.

The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Ben Sinnott, the No. 145 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 207 like a gift left on the doorstep. One of the weekend's best, top to bottom, and a A- to show for it.

Every board in the league had Jones lower, and that gap is the story. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game. They went 8 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In pick 18 they get a disruptor off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Kool-Aid McKinstry in No. 49 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick65 Rnd3 Kris Jenkins
Kris Jenkins at Round 3, Pick 1 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick84 Rnd3 Junior Colson
Junior Colson slipping to pick No. 84 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick92 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Circle this one: Christian Haynes at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick109 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter at slot 109 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick130 Rnd4 Isaiah Adams
A clean, defensible pick in the 130th overall pick with a little surplus value in Isaiah Adams. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick145 Rnd5 Cole Bishop
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Cole Bishop at the 145th pick is the proof. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick149 Rnd5 Johnny Dixon
They will replay Johnny Dixon at the 149th pick for years; that is how good the value is. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick157 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright in the 157th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick166 Rnd5 Javon Baker
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Javon Baker well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis in pick 179 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick198 Rnd6 Aki Ogunbiyi
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Aki Ogunbiyi. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick207 Rnd6 Ben Sinnott
Steal is underselling it; Ben Sinnott at pick No. 207 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jaylan Ford
Taking Jaylan Ford in slot 227 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick238 Rnd7 Zion Logue
Zion Logue in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick252 Rnd7 Jayson Jones
A wild overpay on Jayson Jones in pick No. 252, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.