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Minnesota Vikings

HB DeAngelo Williams (S2, 5th)
CB Devin Hester (S3, 8th)
FS Ko Simpson (S4, 13th)
DT William Morrisey (S5, 24th)
QB Josh Portis (S6, 19th)
OLB Von Miller (S7, 8th)
QB Matthew Stafford (S8, 21st)
SS T.J. Ward (S9, 22nd)
OT Greg Robinson (S10, 7th)
CB Aaron Colvin (S12, 28th)
CB Xavien Howard (S14, 5th)

Williams started off backing up Thomas Jones before emerging as one of the league's best dual-threat HBs. He lost his starting job to someone in S5, plummeting his morale and he was ultimately released. He joined the division rival Lions where he continued to be one of the league's best dual threat backs, but he was injured all the time. He last played a full 16 game season in S8, and he played double digit games twice from S9-S14. Still, as a testament to his prowess when able to get on the field, he managed to become a Hall of Famer after hanging it up at the conclusion of last season.

It is kind of baffling that Hester has only been named to one Pro Bowl, and it was his rookie season. He has nearly 40 INTs in his career and 6 return TDs. He's going to the Hall of Fame, but the one Pro Bowl strikes me as odd.

Simpson has started all 176 games of his career, which is expected to wrap up after the this one. He was Defensive Rookie of the Year and has been to a pair of Pro Bowls. His career line of 539 tackles, 18 sacks, 22 INTs, 12 FFs, and 10 FRs is quite impressive too. I'm not sure if he will be a Hall of Fame finalist, but he's had an excellent career alongside Hester.

Morrisey is a 6'2", 350lb behemoth that has a pair of 12+ sack seasons and for the longest time was great in run defense, but these past few seasons, which included an injury filled S13 and losing all of S14 have seen him slow down some.

Portis was Donovan McNabb's successor, finally getting the starting job in S8. Aside from last season when he threw for an uncharacteristic 21 INTs after throwing no more than 13 in any other season, he has passer ratings of 77+ and 2200+ passing yards in each season as a starter and as one of the premier scrambling QBs, he has rushed for 700+ in each of his seven seasons as the starter. He was named co-MVP in S9 and won a SB in S13. At 32 years old, he still has 3-4 seasons left in the tank as he tries to build a borderline Hall of Fame case.

The one and only season of being under user control by the mysterious SpeeDLeemon, the Vikings grabbed Von Miller who was another one of those steady, above average OLBs before breaking out last season at the age of 31 with 101 tackles, 2 sacks, 5 INTs, 2 FFs, and 3 FRs after Sam Crooks departed for Baltimore and Zach Brown lost a step.

The Vikings drafted Stafford prior to Portis being the clear future of this team. Portis emerged as the preseason victor and began his run of being a Top 10 QB soon after. Stafford was great as a backup in Minnesota and has played in Jacksonville and Portland since, giving his teams solid backup work.

The Vikings had an excellent secondary, but Ward just seemed to be a weird fit as he never got things going at all. He was the starting SS in their SB season, but he was replaced by Jaquiski Tartt and moved onto Tampa Bay where he was mired in a rough first season.

The Vikings had long been one of the oldest teams in the league, and their OL was especially ancient. They finally drafted an OL with their first pick, and Robinson has increased his block totals while decreasing his sack totals in each season to give him a career ratio of 236:21.

Colvin has given the Vikings 4 sacks, 5 INTs, and a pair of FFs+FRs, as well as a SB trophy, to begin his three year career. With Hester soon to retire, he will likely be a starter in Minnesota for as long as they keep him.

The Vikings originally had the 32nd pick because they won the SB. They used that on Tartt and gained the 5th pick in RFA, selecting Howard who had two defensive TDs as a rookie.
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