nhhhh'S MOCK DRAFT
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nhhhh'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 20, 2026

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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
CJ Allen Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
CJ Allen
LB Georgia
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Jaren Kanak Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jaren Kanak
TE Oklahoma
Tosh Baker Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Tosh Baker
OT Notre Dame
Jordan Hall Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jordan Hall
DL Georgia
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Vikings.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Vikings did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to quarterback, which was the need that mattered most.

That McNeil-Warren pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They are betting Branch proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
Jeremiyah Love in the 18th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick49 Rnd2 CJ Allen
Value with a capital V on CJ Allen in pick 49, a genuine coup. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick82 Rnd3 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at No. 82 is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick97 Rnd3 Zachariah Branch
They went early on Zachariah Branch in the Round 3 slot, and the value did not follow. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
No edge and no loss on Jermaine Mathews Jr. in Round 5, Pick 23; it is a wash and a sensible one. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick194 Rnd6 Jaren Kanak
A clean, defensible pick in the 194th overall pick with a little surplus value in Jaren Kanak. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick234 Rnd7 Tosh Baker
By-the-book stuff, Tosh Baker at slot 234 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick240 Rnd7 Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall at pick No. 240 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.