Here's a little bookkeeping.
The 32 Compensatory Picks were announced a few weeks ago. That set in place the 255 picks of the 2020 NFL Draft. There are 255 picks rather than the usual 256 this year. That's because the Arizona Cardinals selected Washington State safety Jalen Thompson in the fifth round of last summer's Supplemental Draft. As a result, the Cardinals no longer have a fifth round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. The Minnesota Vikings received three of the 32 Compensatory Picks. That gave them 10 picks. They added to that total when they traded receiver Stefon Diggs and a seventh-round pick to the Buffalo Bills for three more draft picks. The trade netted them two draft picks this year. The Vikings are currently armed with 12 picks in the 2020 NFL Draft.
1. (22)-from Buffalo
1. (25)
2. (58)
3. (89)
3. (105)-compensatory
4. (132)
5. (155)-from Buffalo
6. (201)-from Buffalo
6. (205)
7. (219)
7. (249)-compensatory
7. (253)-compensatory
The sad trade of Stefon Diggs to the Buffalo Bills brought the Vikings 1/4 of the picks that they now have.
The Vikings sent their fifth-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens last summer for K Kaare Vedvik. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
It's difficult to go an entire round of the draft without a pick. Before the sad trade of Diggs there was a fifth-round hole in the Vikings draft. I'm guessing that Vikings general manager Rick Spielman was adamant about a fifth-round pick being a part of the deal.
The first seventh-round pick (219) came from the Miami Dolphins for guard Danny Isidora.
The Vikings sent their own seventh-round pick (239) to the Bills.
Considering the frequency with which Spielman deals draft picks (especially in the mid-late rounds) it's possible that the Vikings will actually make a selection with about half of the above picks.
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