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Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (MIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (MIN)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (MIN)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Washington
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (IND)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (TB)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (TB)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (TB)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (TB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (IND)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (TB)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Dayo Odeyingbo
EDGE
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Vikings a B+.

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Vikings, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

They are betting Carter proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The McMillan steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

The Dayo Odeyingbo pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Jared Verse
A straight-up fair deal on Jared Verse at No. 15, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick46 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They paid up for T'Vondre Sweat at Round 2, Pick 14 when waiting would have done the job. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick51 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and J.J. McCarthy at the 51st overall pick is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick108 Rnd4 Jalen McMillan
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Jalen McMillan in the 108th pick, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick119 Rnd4 Junior Colson
Junior Colson in pick 119 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jaheim Bell
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jaheim Bell. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick148 Rnd5 Mike Sainristil
Nice patience on Mike Sainristil, who had no business lasting to slot 148. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick160 Rnd5 Darius Robinson
Nothing to complain about; Darius Robinson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick165 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
A clean, defensible pick in slot 165 with a little surplus value in Layden Robinson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick179 Rnd6 DeWayne Carter
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for DeWayne Carter. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick197 Rnd6 Sam Hartman
The board fumbled Sam Hartman all the way to the 197th pick, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jabbar Muhammad
Jabbar Muhammad at pick 230 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.