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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (MIN)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (MIN)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (MIN)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
Donovan Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Donovan Jennings
OT USF
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Donovan Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (LV)
Donovan Jennings
OT USF
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (LV)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesD+ FutureA
The Vikings let Bethune fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

Call it larceny. Tatum Bethune sat on the board until the 230th pick, and the Vikings did not need to be asked twice. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Kool-Aid McKinstry in pick No. 18 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick42 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
A clean, defensible pick in No. 42 with a little surplus value in Chop Robinson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick108 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
Braelon Allen at the 108th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Shemar Turner
They jumped the gun on Shemar Turner, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis at the Round 5 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Cole Bishop
A tidy bit of business in pick 163, where Cole Bishop graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick164 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
Fair-plus on Keith Randolph Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick190 Rnd6 Bru McCoy
A straight-up fair deal on Bru McCoy at Round 6, Pick 15, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick230 Rnd7 Tatum Bethune
The board fumbled Tatum Bethune all the way to pick 230, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick234 Rnd7 Donovan Jennings
They paid a round early for Donovan Jennings in the 234th pick, more than the board wanted. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.