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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (MIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (MIN)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (MIN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (MIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (MIN)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (TEN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (ATL)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TEN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (ATL)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
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
Head Shot
Tucker Fisk
TE
Players traded away
Head Shot
Ezra Cleveland
OG
Head Shot
Kirk Cousins
QB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D-
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesF FutureC
The Vikings found their guy under center in Daniels: D-.

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.

So much rides on Jayden Daniels that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. The Foster pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

With tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback 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.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a home-run threat at receiver. A real need, handled.
Pick7 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In Round 1, Pick 7 they get the arm they will build around at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick11 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
No drama and no debate, Dallas Turner went about where he belonged in slot 11. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick38 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
They will replay Taliese Fuaga at the 38th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick43 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
The board fumbled Kool-Aid McKinstry all the way to pick 43, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick109 Rnd4 DeWayne Carter
The board had DeWayne Carter higher than pick No. 109, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick110 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
They robbed the room for Marist Liufau here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick130 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
A want over a need in No. 130: Caelen Carson adds a cornerback while tight end keeps waiting.
Pick156 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Value with a capital V on Luke McCaffrey in the 156th overall pick, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick166 Rnd5 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop in the 166th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Dylan Laube
Dylan Laube in Round 6, Pick 4 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick184 Rnd6 Javon Foster
Circle this one: Javon Foster at pick No. 184 is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick190 Rnd6 Cam Hart
A cornerback of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick229 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
They barely believed it either: JD Bertrand still on the board at No. 229. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.