So, who’s the Most Valuable Player of this top-ranked Vikings defense heading into Sunday’s NFC title game at Philadelphia?
Not that the answer really matters or can be proven right or wrong, but, hey, we need something to argue about between games, right?
“I think,” said first-team All-Pro Harrison Smith, “that I don’t know.”
C’mon, Harry. It has to be Everson Griffen and those career-high sacks, right?
Or …
It has to be shutdown corner Xavier Rhodes, who gives Griffen more time to rush, right?
Or …
It has to be nose tackle Linval Joseph, the immovable mass of humanity who sets the run defense and creates the favorable downs and distances that gets coach Mike Zimmer’s mouth a droolin’, right?