Draft Musings: Though perhaps I should call these Draft Bartholowmewsings since Nick Muse left for greener Eagle nestings, and a SKOL welcome is due a newly drafted TE addition rescuing the No. 3 TE roster spot from the Pitt of despair.

Bartholomewsing #1: It’s OK to grade a draft before the players get off the plane — let alone get on the field. You’re grading the risk of the player to perform not the performance after three years. I prefer pass/fail to letter grades because job performance in life is basically pass/fail. Eventually your boss says you have a job, or you don’t. This Vikings draft is a pass. I understand the appeal of letters, so based on quantity and quality of picks, I’d say B.

#2: The thing I liked most about this draft is no high pick trades with division rivals. I never had a problem with Lewis Cine or Andrew Booth, Jr. They were highly ranked and selected about where other teams would have taken them. I do have a problem with moves that provided division rivals Jameson Williams and Christian Watson. No more of that. Thank you very much.

#3: We saw in a space of two months the ways you can improve a roster. Free agency — what a haul! — including the undrafted moves made [Saturday]. Excited about a few of those. Then there are draft picks from Donovan Jackson to Gavin Bartholomew. And finally, rosters can be improved through trades. The Sam Howell move was wise. Another experienced QB project who can help in the QB room and potentially on the field with some K.O. magic at minimal team capital cost. Kudos Kwesi.

#4: This was a good draft to have fewer picks. As many analysts surmised, lots of good players, not a lot of stars. As I watched players come off the board I was thinking, the Steelers got a good DT there. But we have [Jonathan] Allen and [Javon] Hargrave. Nice wideout Green Bay, but he’s no [Justin] Jefferson. Ooo, an edge rusher for Atlanta. Nice. But I’ll take [Jonathan] Greenard, [Andrew] Van Ginkel and [Dallas] Turner.

#5: I wonder if drafted players are asked about their impressions of teammates that could also be drafted. If I owned a team, I would tell every one of my employees each of you is a scout. Everyone from the head of scouting to the people in the kitchen and equipment rooms. You watch college football? Who stands out to you? I’m not saying I’m basing a draft pick on one recommendation, but if I see trends and patterns, I’m taking a closer look. So did someone ask Tai Felton, “Any other Terps we should be looking at today and tomorrow?” Who knows better than someone actually on that team?

#6: It’s rare that draft value and team need coincide. Donovan Jackson is just such a unicorn. The team had options at left guard. But the IOL depth chart is a lot stronger now. Still, the Vikings are a case study for drafting talent, regardless of position strength. Alan Page was a DE at Notre Dame and the Vikings had Carl Eller and Jim Marshall. You still draft the Hall of Famer. Randy Moss came into a WR room with Cris Carter and Jake Reed. Give me the Gold Jacket recipient anyway. Chester Taylor was coming off a 1,000-yard season. You don’t pass on future HOFer Adrian Peterson.

#7: Now is the time for VEN to provide LOTS of content because the doldrums that are about to set in, despite the coming high points of schedule release, rookie camp and minicamp are going to be very long and dreary. Interviews, film studies, virtual facilities tours (!!) — all will help fill the void.

— Jeff in Sacramento, California

Enjoyed the “Bartholomewsing” play on words as the rookie from Pitt is poised to team up with Jordan Addison again and continue building on his relationship with fellow former Panther Brian O’Neill. One of my favorite anecdotes from Saturday was Adofo-Mensah explaining how Addison lit up when the Vikings personnel department asked about Bartholomew, who has a really nice highlight reel and is joining the likes of T.J. Hockenson and Josh Oliver. So, yes, there’s plenty of stone turning to get as complete of a picture as possible on prospects.

The resupply at the position also included agreeing to terms with tight ends Bryson Nesbit from North Carolina and Ben Yurosek from Georgia.