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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (MIN)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (MIN)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (MIN)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (MIN)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (MIN)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (MIN)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LAC)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (ATL)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (BUF)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jaden Crumedy Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jaden Crumedy
DT-EDGE Mississippi State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Creed Humphrey
C
Players traded away
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Ezra Cleveland
OG
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Jaren Hall
QB
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Kirk Cousins
QB
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Marcus Davenport
LB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
A passer of the future in Maye, and a D, for the Vikings.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Vikings did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Travis at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end. They will need Bertrand to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick 8 they get their guy under center for the next decade. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick11 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
A straight-up fair deal on Dallas Turner at the Round 1 slot, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick42 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They took Edgerrin Cooper at par in pick No. 42, which is nothing to complain about. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick64 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
They did well to land Zach Frazier in No. 64, just ahead of his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick95 Rnd3 DeWayne Carter
DeWayne Carter in slot 95 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick106 Rnd4 Blake Corum
Circle this one: Blake Corum at Round 4, Pick 6 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick109 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
A reasonable price with a little left over, Zak Zinter in the 109th overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick130 Rnd4 Javon Foster
A quiet steal in the 130th pick: Javon Foster for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick156 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson in No. 156 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick166 Rnd5 Tykee Smith
They robbed the room for Tykee Smith here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey at pick 179 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick198 Rnd6 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis in the 198th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick199 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
JD Bertrand at slot 199 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick229 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Garret Greenfield slipping to the 229th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick246 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Somehow Frank Gore Jr. was still sitting there in pick No. 246, and they pounced on premier running back value. The roster fit checks out.