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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jonah Monheim
OT USC
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Daniels in the fold, and a B for the Vikings.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Vikings' quarterback, full stop.

The Fisher pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
Nothing to complain about; Jayden Daniels went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick42 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Circle this one: Kool-Aid McKinstry at Round 2, Pick 10 is a fall that decides a draft. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick108 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Marist Liufau at the 108th overall pick is the proof. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick130 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
A slide stopped in No. 130, with Braelon Allen worth more than the price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick148 Rnd5 Blake Fisher
They barely believed it either: Blake Fisher still on the board at slot 148. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick160 Rnd5 Cedric Gray
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Cedric Gray in the 160th pick, plain and simple. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick165 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
Nehemiah Pritchett at pick No. 165 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick179 Rnd6 James Williams
James Williams in pick 179 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jonah Monheim
They will replay Jonah Monheim at pick No. 230 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.