It’s well-documented that a team must have value from every player on the roster from 1-53. However, you can learn from a team’s best five players. These are the “playmakers” or “cornerstones” of the organization, as ESPN’s Seth Walder called them in his latest piece.
The Vikings were in the top half of the league in this ranking as they were ranked 13th. They were ranked the best team in the NFC North and the fourth-best in the NFC. The five players who represented Minnesota were Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson, Danielle Hunter, Christian Darrisaw and T.J. Hockenson. There is no doubt that there are arguments for other players to represent Minnesota, but these were the five that Walder chose.
