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  • Buster DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (MIN)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (MIN)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (HOU)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Players Gained
Head Shot
Maliek Collins
DT
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB FutureA
The Vikings robbed the room for Smith. Final grade: B+.

The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Tykee Smith, the No. 147 name on the board, sitting there at pick 177 like a gift left on the doorstep. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.

They are betting Sinnott proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The Maliek Collins pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In No. 23 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value.
Pick42 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
No edge and no loss on J.J. McCarthy in Round 2, Pick 10; it is a wash and a sensible one. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick108 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ben Sinnott this early at the 108th pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick129 Rnd4 Jarrian Jones
They reached into another round for Jarrian Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick157 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
By-the-book stuff, Mason McCormick at the 157th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick167 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
They jumped the gun on Khristian Boyd, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick177 Rnd6 Tykee Smith
They barely believed it either: Tykee Smith still on the board at pick 177. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick188 Rnd6 Daijun Edwards
They went early on Daijun Edwards in slot 188, and the value did not follow. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick224 Rnd7 Logan Lee
Logan Lee at pick No. 224 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick230 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
They robbed the room for JD Bertrand here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It adds depth where they could use a little.