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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (MIN)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (MIN)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Graham Mertz Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Graham Mertz
QB Florida
Cody Lindenberg Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (MIN)
Cody Lindenberg
LB Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (PHI)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (PHI)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (SEA)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Graham Mertz Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
Graham Mertz
QB Florida
Cody Lindenberg Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (ATL)
Cody Lindenberg
LB Minnesota
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (WSH)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Jonathan Bullard
DE
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB- TradesD+ FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Carter: C+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Barrett Carter had no business being available in the 173rd pick, and the Vikings did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.

The Mertz reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In slot 32 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, and a steal at that.
Pick97 Rnd3 Darien Porter
Steal is underselling it; Darien Porter at the Round 3 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick129 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
The board fumbled Cam Skattebo all the way to the 129th pick, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick140 Rnd5 Jake Majors
They robbed the room for Jake Majors here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick161 Rnd5 Tyler Cooper
Tyler Cooper at pick 161 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick173 Rnd5 Barrett Carter
Barrett Carter in pick No. 173 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick240 Rnd7 Graham Mertz
Graham Mertz at No. 240 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick244 Rnd7 Cody Lindenberg
They read the board right and Cody Lindenberg was the payoff at the 244th overall pick. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.