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(AP) — le Hunter has used to amass his league-leading total of 11½ sacks this season are so ideal that some of his Minnesota Vikings teammates have taken to calling him “Create-A-Player,” the feature on Madden NFL that allows gamers to concoct the seemingly perfect computerized prospect.Hunter’s 6-foot-5, 252-pound, muscle-bound frame and 4.57-second 40-yard dash time that led all defensive linemen at the combine in his draft year would already be a handful for opposing offenses, but the strides he’s made over four seasons on the mental side of the game have helped turn him into one of the league’s best defensive ends with just one week elapsed past his 24th birthday.Matthew Stafford was the latest quarterback with a too-close look at Hunter’s dominance, when his 3½ sacks and fumble return for a touchdown fueled a 24-9 victory for the Vikings on Sunday over the Detroit Lions.“He’s improved on just being reactive,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. “A lot of young defensive linemen, especially because we harp on stopping the run, they’re nervous about, ‘Hey, I’m going to take a chance here, because I think this is a play-action pass’ or something like that. The thing I notice about Danielle, he just lets it rip now, and that’s what makes him good.”The Jamaica-born Hunter, who settled in the Houston area with his family at age 8, was drafted by the Vikings in the third round out of LSU in 2015 after he ended an unheralded college career by skipping his final season of eligibility.His length http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-mackensie-alexander-jersey , speed and strength made him an obvious pro prospect , but there were league-wide concerns about his technique inconsistencies and tendency to let overthinking slow down his production. He had only 4½ sacks over three years with the Tigers.The Vikings, though, relied on analytics to peg Hunter as a potential star with the right coaching and scheme. They saw a note-taking and self-motivated player who they wouldn’t have to worry about doing his part.Still six months shy of his 21st birthday when he was drafted, Hunter had plenty of time to grow. In 2016, he led all defensive ends in the NFL with 12½ sacks and finished third overall.Last season, he overtook Brian Robison as the full-time starter opposite Everson Griffen. He signed a five-year contract extension this summer worth as much as $72 million with $40 million in guaranteed money and $15 million up front.With 37 sacks in 55 games, Hunter has fast climbed the all-time Vikings lists. With just three more sacks over Minnesota’s last seven games, he’ll have the second-most in a player’s first four seasons with the team behind Jared Allen.Hunter is tied with Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald for the league lead with 13 tackles for loss and tied for eighth in the NFL with 15 quarterback hits. He had at least one sack in each of the five games Griffen missed earlier.“It’s not me alone. I’ve got good teammates, a good defensive line again,” Hunter said after the Vikings sacked Stafford a franchise-record 10 times . “We go out there, and we work together as a team.”The Vikings (5-3-1) eagerly entered their bye week with their well-decorated defense back on track following a couple of uncharacteristically soft performances over the first half of the schedule.“We had things that we had to fix. We just learned from what we had done, and then we went out there and just went to execute them,” Hunter said. “Just doing our jobs. Not trying to do selfish things out there.”That’s the foundation of Zimmer’s system, a disciplined approach to honoring the run, staying in the right pass-rush lanes and trusting nearby teammates to handle their responsibilities. This four-down-linemen scheme Womens Adam Thielen Jersey , though predicated on an ability to pressure the quarterback from all points, is not designed to produce high individual sack totals. Every once in a while, though, an in-the-zone performance such as the one Hunter had on Sunday comes around.“Sometimes you go out there,” Hunter said, “you just know you’re about to beat this guy.” The Pro Football Hall of Fame has whittled its list of potential inductees for 2019 from a list of 25 down to 15, and the only player on the list with any real ties to the Minnesota Vikings has survived the cutdown.For the second season in a row, former Vikings’ guard Steve Hutchinson has made the final list of 15 players that could see enshrinement in Canton next August. He made the list last year, his first season of eligibility, but ultimately did not make the cut to make it into the Hall.Hutchinson played for the Vikings from 2006 to 2011, and was a three-time First-Team All-Pro (along with one second-team nod) and a four-time Pro Bowler during his time in purple.Here is the complete list of “modern era” nominees:Steve Atwater, safety – 1989-1998 Denver Broncos, 1999 New York JetsChamp Bailey, cornerback – 1999-2003 Washington Redskins, 2004-2013 Denver BroncosTony Boselli, tackle – 1995-2001 Jacksonville JaguarsIsaac Bruce Mike Remmers Jersey , wide receiver – 1994-2007 Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, 2008-09 San Francisco 49ersDon Coryell, coach – 1973-77 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978-1986 San Diego ChargersAlan Faneca, guard – 1998-2007 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2008-09 New York Jets, 2010 Arizona CardinalsTom Flores, coach – 1979-1987 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, 1992-94 Seattle SeahawksTony Gonzalez, tight end – 1997-2008 Kansas City Chiefs, 2009-2013 Atlanta FalconsSteve Hutchinson, guard – 2001-05 Seattle Seahawks, 2006-2011 Minnesota Vikings, 2012 Tennessee TitansEdgerrin James, running back – 1999-2005 Indianapolis Colts, 2006-08 Arizona Cardinals http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-marcus-sherels-jersey ,2009 Seattle Seahawks Ty Law, cornerback – 1995-2004 New England Patriots, 2005, 2008 New York Jets, 2006-07 Kansas City Chiefs, 2009 Denver BroncosJohn Lynch, free safety – 1993-2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2004-07 Denver BroncosKevin Mawae, center – 1994-97 Seattle Seahawks, 1998-2005 New York Jets, 2006-09 Tennessee TitansEd Reed, safety – 2002-2012 Baltimore Ravens, 2013 Houston Texans, 2013 New York JetsRichard Seymour, defensive end/defensive tackle – 2001-08 New England Patriots, 2009-2012 Oakland RaidersThe Selection Committee will convene in Atlanta on 2 February Womens Brian O'Neill Jersey , right before the Super Bowl, and they can elect no more than five of the modern day nominees. Things might get a little tight, as the three players in their first year of eligibility (Bailey, Gonzalez, and Reed) all seem to be considered locks to get in, leaving just two spots for the other 12 men in the field.As you can see from the list, Hutchinson faces some pretty solid competition from a couple of other offensive linemen, both of whom have been eligible for longer than him. He’s against both Alan Faneca and Kevin Mawae, and Hutchinson compares favorably to both of them according to Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.I’m not sure if Hutchinson is going to make it in this time around. He should make it in at some point, but with 60% of the class likely already decided, it’s going to be a fight for him. Still, it would be nice to see him going into Canton next August, wouldn’t it?