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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

MINNESOTA VIKINGS DAY 3 DRAFT RECAP (Part 1)

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

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller breaks down the Minnesota Vikings' Day 3 NFL Draft selections, including a fullback, cornerback, running back and center. 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

Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, presented by Fandul, Matthew Collar here, and the NFL draft has come to an end.

0:16.9

So the Vikings selected four players on day three.

0:20.0

We are going to deep dive into each one of those players.

0:24.1

And also we're going to talk about the overall, the total picture of the Minnesota Vikings draft and how you feel, how you would grade it.

0:35.1

What your final thoughts are now that you have the total picture.

0:38.5

We have a big swing, first round draft pick, a Jonathan Grenard trade, a day three where

0:44.4

the Vikings address some needs, but maybe didn't address any others.

0:49.7

And I would like to apologize for all the wide receiver talk that went on on this show because

0:55.7

I was pretty darn convinced that they were going to draft a wide receiver at some point.

1:00.2

And alas, all the wide receivers went off the board and none of them went to the Minnesota

1:04.2

Vikings.

1:04.6

But some players that we prepped you on did end up going to the Vikings, including a player

1:10.2

for day three. And then it's almost like

1:13.1

they did a draft pick just for us here at Purple Insider. So why don't we start to dive right

1:19.9

into it with the Vikings didn't begin to select on day three until the fifth round.

1:27.7

They sat out the fourth round.

1:29.4

But Max Bredesen, the fullback from Michigan, was their pick.

1:34.6

And when I say it's like they did it for me, this is the guy.

1:38.0

Max Bredesen, the Vikings had C.J. Ham retire.

1:42.1

And if you missed my interview with C.J CJ Ham the other day, go back on the YouTube

1:45.7

channel and check it out.

1:46.8

It was terrific.

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