When you look at the Minnesota Vikings from a historical standpoint, they have some of the biggest outliers in a positive way in National Football League history. It's what makes some of the random discussions that you see on social media that much more intriguing.
The latest of those came in the form of having an entire team made up of one player and who would give you the best chance to win.
Assuming every player is at their athletic peak, which NFL player would win a game of 11v11 football if all teams teams were made up of 22 clones of the same guy?
— Davis Mattek (@DavisMattek) July 7, 2025
That answer is pretty simple: former Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper.
The idea in itself is an interesting one. Breaking down how to make a team with just one player is a very interesting one, especially with wanting to throw the football at some point. How many players that can throw the football would be able to translate at other positions, especially in the trenches?
That last element is the biggest one. How many players can fit the bill? Only a handful come to mind, and Culpepper is arguably the best qualified of the bunch.
Not only was Culpepper a massive individual at 6'4 and 265 lbs, he looked every bit like a middle linebacker, but he wasn't just a large quarterback. Culpepper set the NCAA and NFL records during his career for completion percentage. Not only that, but he could throw the ball a country mile.
2004 Daunte Culpepper and Nate Burleson might be my two favorite NFL players of all time pic.twitter.com/CNITEgDz8y
— Tyler Forness (@TheRealForno) June 5, 2025
His physical presence and athleticism with the ball in his hands made him a threat to run the ball at anytime. Now, will that translate to playing defense? Imagine seeing Culpepper crashing down on you through the A-gap and trying to take you out.
The versatility that comes with his size is something that only a few players in NFL history have. Josh Allen and Donovan McNabb are two others that are in a similar position, but Culpepper has something that both of them didn't at their peak: NFL records.
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