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Quenton Nelson trade and Xavier Watts

Draft Selections
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (MIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (MIN)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (MIN)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (MIN)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (TB)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (TB)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Draft Picks Traded
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (WSH)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (WSH)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Quenton Nelson
OG
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Vikings worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Vikings were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Sampson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. Quenton Nelson gives the group a proven body among the projects.

Safety was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick53 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Value with a capital V on Xavier Watts in No. 53, a genuine coup. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick80 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dylan Sampson at Round 3, Pick 16 is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick139 Rnd5 Kobe King
Kobe King in slot 139 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick187 Rnd6 Quincy Riley
Quincy Riley is a better player than the 187th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick235 Rnd7 Carson Vinson
A clean, defensible pick in pick 235 with a little surplus value in Carson Vinson. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.