Hey, everybody, welcome to the NFL draft on Purple Insider presented by Fandul.

Happy to have everybody here.

We have talked about this for weeks and weeks and weeks.

And the night has finally arrived.

The Minnesota Vikings on the clock

in a couple hours with the 18th overall pick but we will be breaking down every single draft

selection on the way we'll get your takes your reactions thoughts we'll hear from dain mizatani

from tCO performance center manny hill is going to jump on later on in the evening.

And I've got a video essay to begin the show with that I'm going to bring you in just a second.

I did want to make a quick request that in the chat, if we can avoid tipping the picks

until they come on TV, that would be great because I'm trying to,

uh, for those who are just watching TV and then listening to me, not give away what they're

seeing on television first. So I've got the TV here. I've got the beast from Dane Bruegler.

I've got a draft board set up so we can show it to you. I've got profiles of every single player.

We're ready to go, man.

So off we go.

But I want to begin with an essay that I wrote and produced to try to capture the Minnesota

Vikings' 2026 draft.

So off we go.

Let me begin our 2026 NFL draft coverage by asking a question, how are we supposed to approach a draft that the Minnesota Vikings so desperately need to go

their way? Vikings fans know all about anxiousness and nervous energy when it comes to these drafts.

There have been selections in the past that have changed Minnesota sports forever in a good way,

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