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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

LIVE DRAFT COVERAGE: Vikings select Caleb Banks at No. 18; Picks 18-29

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Nfl Team, Football, Nfl, Nfl Draft, Minnesota, Vikings, Sports

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller is live breaking down the NFL Draft pick by pick and then giving a deep dive into the Minnesota Vikings' selections. We will have a check in from TCO Performance Center and Jonathan Harrison standing by to cover the draft buzz. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

This episode of Purple Insider is presented by Fandul.

0:10.0

Minnesota Vikings pick is in.

0:13.3

And Roger Goodell announces, come on, Raj.

0:20.2

Caleb Banks, the defensive tackle from Florida.

0:25.0

So, um, guys, with the language a little bit here, if we can, if we can, they go with Caleb

0:31.6

Banks, the defensive tackle from Florida.

0:33.4

So I'll give you my thoughts on this right away that Caleb Banks has one of the highest

0:41.5

ceilings in this entire draft.

0:44.9

He has the potential to be a freak, a Linvald Joseph caliber.

0:54.3

He is that size, that level of quickness, that level of potential dominance for Caleb

1:02.5

Banks.

1:03.5

But there are some issues here that I've talked about over the last few months of being

1:10.4

pretty concerned about the idea of taking

1:13.8

Caleb Banks.

1:14.4

And I can see from the chat already, Dan says horrible.

1:20.0

And Timothy says at 18, though, some of you were talking about it is a solid pick, but

1:26.0

it is a very, very risky pick for a couple of reasons.

1:28.9

Number one is that this is already one of the biggest reaches versus the consensus board.

1:35.9

Daniel Jeremiah, for example, had him in the, I think he finished in the 40s maybe or in the 30s.

1:42.9

Fire KOC is already out there.

1:46.0

But, you know, with banks, this is much more risky than I expected for the Vikings.

1:52.3

And also, mock drafters, sorry that your dream is dead and it is not going to be Dylan

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