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
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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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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