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The 5 O'Clock Club: Playing GM - What Viking would you want?

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The 5 o’clock club aims to provide a forum for reader-driven discussion at a time of day when there isn’t much NFL news being published. Feel free to introduce topics that interest you in the comments below.

If you were the Redskins GM (do we even have one?) looking down the Vikings roster, if you could wave a magic wand and make a favorable trade happen — in effect, simply pluck a player from Minnesota and put him on the Redskins team — which one player would you choose?

Share your ideas in the comments.

Here are some of the higher profile players. For a full-team depth chart, you can check Our Lads.

WR - Adam Theilen, Stephon Diggs, Laquon Treadwell, Jarius Wright

OL - Reilly Reif, Mike Remmers, Pat Elfein

TE - Kyle Rudolph

QB - Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Bradford, Case Keenum

RB - Latavius Murray, Jerick McKinnon, Mack Brown

DL/EDGE - Linval Joseph, Danielle Hunter, Everson Griffen

ILB - Anthony Barr, Eric Kendricks, Ben Gideon

CB - Trae Waynes, Xavier Rhodes

S - Andrew Sendejo, Harrison Smith

P - Ryan Quigley

K - Kai Forbath

PR - Marcus Sherels

Poll

If you could take one person from the Vikings franchise and put them in the Redskins organization, who would you take?

This poll is closed

  • 6%
    Mike Zimmer
    (17 votes)
  • 0%
    Mike Preifer
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Pat Shurmer
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Rick Spielman
    (3 votes)
  • 4%
    Adam Theilen
    (10 votes)
  • 11%
    Stephon Diggs
    (29 votes)
  • 0%
    Laquon Treadwell
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Pat Elfein
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Reilly Reif
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Mike Remmers
    (3 votes)
  • 1%
    Kyle Rudolph
    (4 votes)
  • 3%
    Teddy Bridgewater
    (8 votes)
  • 1%
    Sam Bradford
    (3 votes)
  • 0%
    Case Keenum
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Latavius Murray
    (4 votes)
  • 1%
    Jerick McKinnon
    (3 votes)
  • 3%
    Mack Brown
    (9 votes)
  • 6%
    Linval Joseph
    (15 votes)
  • 2%
    Danielle Hunter
    (7 votes)
  • 19%
    Everson Griffen
    (49 votes)
  • 6%
    Anthony Barr
    (15 votes)
  • 1%
    Eric Kendricks
    (3 votes)
  • 0%
    Ben Gideon
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Trae Waynes
    (1 vote)
  • 10%
    Xavier Rhodes
    (25 votes)
  • 0%
    Andrew Sendajo
    (0 votes)
  • 12%
    Harrison Smith
    (31 votes)
  • 0%
    Ryan Quigley
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Kai Forbath
    (4 votes)
  • 0%
    Marcus Sherels
    (1 vote)
246 votes total Vote Now

Bonus rewind to the Seattle game:

The final-drive pass to Brian Quick got a lot of discussion after the game, and for good reason. Not only did Quick make a great adjustment to the ball, but Kirk stood up and delivered what he referred to in his press conference as “throwing blind” in the face of a brutal rush by Seattle defenders.

I didn’t hear as much discussion of an earlier throw by Kirk to Ryan Grant, but to me it showed a similar level of impressiveness, although it came earlier in the game, and wasn’t as highlighted.