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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

LIVE DRAFT COVERAGE: Will Ragatz on Vikings' needs; Reacting to Golday pick, Greenard Trade

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

To kickoff our coverage for Day 2 of the draft, Matthew Coller is joined by Vikings on SI's Will Ragatz to discuss Minnesota's needs after taking Caleb Banks with the No. 18 overall pick on Wednesday. Coller and Ragatz also discuss the best available players for Minnesota to take during Day 2. After our chat with Will, we skip ahead an hour to the Vikings' second round pick and react to the Jake Golday pick, which is quickly followed by the blockbuster trade of Jonathan Greenard to the Eagles. 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

It is an exciting night two here as the San Francisco 49ers are on the clock with the 33rd pick.

0:12.4

We'll give you updates on each pick and also have a good conversation about the Minnesota Vikings as we do so.

0:19.7

And we're going to bring in here in just a second

0:21.5

will raggots from Vikings on SI to talk a little bit more about the Caleb banks pick and

0:27.3

what to expect tonight will welcome into day two coverage it's been a while for purple

0:32.2

insider I was doing some some vocal exercises today to keep the pipes going.

0:38.2

I've got the Diet Dr. Pepper here.

0:40.1

I am ready for this.

0:41.4

How are you, my friend?

0:43.6

I'm good.

0:44.4

I mean, I knew it, but I don't know if I had fully processed that the Vikings

0:48.6

haven't made a second round pick since 2022.

0:51.2

That just seems absurd.

0:53.4

So here we are. This is a really fun night. The first round gets

0:57.9

all the hype and the headlines. And it's very important, especially interesting too. When

1:04.0

the Vikings make a pick like they did. But this is where they really have to find some building blocks,

1:08.8

some starters, address some of their many needs.

1:12.2

So I'm looking forward to seeing what they do.

1:14.4

I did see a lot of people say last night, like bring back Quasi because as I'm sure you

1:19.0

notice, the internet's response to drafting Caleb Banks was, I would say shifted pretty

1:24.7

heavily toward not positive.

1:26.6

And yet, Quasi didn't have second and third round picks ever.

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