Draft analysts agree: Vikings nailed first round pick with Garrett Bradbury

Welcome to the Friday edition of The Cooler, where this is only the beginning. Let’s get to it:

*NFL first-round draft grades tend to be viewed through only the most optimistic lens. I think of them the same way I think of the 10-day forecast on a weather app: I only agree with it if I like the forecast, and I immediately disregard the bad news with the notion that “nobody really knows what the weather will be like until about 24-48 hours out” just like we won’t really know how drafted players fare until a ways down the road.

With that in mind, the 10-day forecast in Minneapolis is pretty much trash and I’m ignoring it. But the first-round draft grades for the Vikings’ No. 18 overall pick…