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Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Spencer Rattler Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Michael Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
Michael Wiley
RB Arizona
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 130th pick lands the Vikings a B, Rattler and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Spencer Rattler had no business being available in pick 130, and the Vikings did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The bottom line is a respectable B.

With tight end and interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In the 11th overall pick they get a true top target, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick42 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
They read the board right and Kamren Kinchens was the payoff at the Round 2 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick109 Rnd4 Maason Smith
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE with tight end and interior defensive lineman open.
Pick130 Rnd4 Spencer Rattler
Spencer Rattler at slot 130 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick145 Rnd5 Cam Hart
Cam Hart in pick 145 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick157 Rnd5 Beaux Limmer
Beaux Limmer slid further than he should have, and Round 5, Pick 21 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick166 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
They let Jaylin Simpson come to them and pounced at the 166th pick. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick179 Rnd6 Grayson Murphy
A tidy bit of business in No. 179, where Grayson Murphy graded well above the range. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick227 Rnd7 Michael Wiley
Circle this one: Michael Wiley at the 227th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.