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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (MIN)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Ar'maj Reed-Adams Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Ar'maj Reed-Adams
OG Texas A&M
Whit Weeks Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Whit Weeks
LB LSU
Jeremiah Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jeremiah Wilson
CB Florida State
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (MIN)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Elliot Washington II Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (MIN)
Elliot Washington II
CB Penn State
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (MIN)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Rico Flores Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIN)
Rico Flores Jr.
WR UCLA
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Vikings and Reed-Adams: B-.

Somebody in the 82nd pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Vikings sat still while Ar'maj Reed-Adams, the No. 60 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. They will need Davis to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In pick No. 18 they get a bell-cow for the offense. A real need, handled.
Pick50 Rnd2 Eli Stowers
By-the-book stuff, Eli Stowers at slot 50 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick82 Rnd3 Ar'maj Reed-Adams
They will replay Ar'maj Reed-Adams at pick 82 for years; that is how good the value is. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick97 Rnd3 Whit Weeks
Whit Weeks at the 97th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick118 Rnd4 Jeremiah Wilson
A tidy bit of business in the 118th pick, where Jeremiah Wilson graded well above the range. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick157 Rnd5 Taylen Green
Taylen Green at the Round 5 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Xavier Nwankpa
No edge and no loss on Xavier Nwankpa in Round 5, Pick 35; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick196 Rnd6 Elliot Washington II
A premium they did not need to pay, Elliot Washington II a notch or two before his time. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick208 Rnd6 J.C. Davis
They jumped the gun on J.C. Davis, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick231 Rnd7 Rico Flores Jr.
The board had Rico Flores Jr. higher than the 231st pick, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.