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Vikings draft 5

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Draft Selections
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (MIN)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (MIN)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
BJ Mayes Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
BJ Mayes
CB UAB
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (MIN)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Draft Picks Received
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LAR)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (LAR)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (LAR)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (LAR)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (LAR)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Chico Bennett Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (LAR)
Chico Bennett Jr.
DE-EDGE Virginia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Cam Akers
RB
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DeWayne McBride
RB
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Ezra Cleveland
OG
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Lewis Cine
S
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Marcus Davenport
LB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureC
A passer of the future in Nix, and a D-, for the Vikings.

Somebody took the Vikings to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it.

So much rides on Bo Nix that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

However the rest shakes out, Mondon Jr. at that price is a win they earned.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and safety is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Bo Nix
In No. 13 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick52 Rnd2 Kalen King
Kalen King in the 52nd pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick120 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
They let Smael Mondon Jr. come to them and pounced at pick No. 120. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick161 Rnd5 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
Antwaun Powell-Ryland in slot 161 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick179 Rnd6 BJ Mayes
Quietly one of the better values of the day, BJ Mayes at the Round 6 slot. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick221 Rnd7 Omar Speights
They read the board right and Omar Speights was the payoff at Round 7, Pick 1. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.