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  • kvoss DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (MIN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Jalen Coker Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jalen Coker
WR Holy Cross
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (MIN)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Picks Received
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CLE)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (CLE)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (TEN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Aaron Jones
RB
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Fabian Moreau
CB
Head Shot
J.J. McCarthy
QB
Head Shot
Jeff Okudah
CB
Head Shot
Jonathan Greenard
DE
Head Shot
Jordan Addison
WR
Head Shot
Justin Skule
OT
Head Shot
T.J. Hockenson
TE
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Vikings to a D-.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Vikings spent slot 203 on Taulia Tagovailoa, a name the board had a full 93 spots lower. The process wobbled, and the D- is where it lands.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Taylor at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In the Round 1 slot they get a red-zone target to build around at fair value.
Pick17 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 17 they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick108 Rnd4 Bucky Irving
Bucky Irving in pick No. 108 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick177 Rnd6 Jalen Coker
Jalen Coker at the 177th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick203 Rnd6 Taulia Tagovailoa
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Taulia Tagovailoa well ahead of where he belonged. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick232 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
They read the board right and Trey Taylor was the payoff at No. 232. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.