Teddy Bridgewater: 5 quarterbacks Vikings need to trade for to win Super Bowl

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 20: Nick Foles
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 20: Nick Foles /
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CLEVELAND, OH – NOVEMBER 30: Josh McCown
CLEVELAND, OH – NOVEMBER 30: Josh McCown /

Cleveland Browns. Josh McCown. 1. player. 53. . QB

Why It Makes Sense: Holy god is this perfect. Look, if you’re a Vikings fan — or an NFL fan with a pulse — then you know Josh McCown is not a sexy pick. He never was and never will be. But what McCown brings to Minnesota is everything — literally everything — they need. He’s a game manager with experience playing against NFC North defenses. He’s just above average enough to make games interesting and then use the tools around him to bail out of trouble. He’s everything a Vikings quarterback has ever been. The fact that he hasn’t played for the Vikings yet is unfathomable. He’s everything Shaun Hill wants to be. McCown doesn’t make the Vikings Super Bowl contenders, but he makes them still capable of getting there. Not sexy, but nothing in Minnesota sports is.

Why It Won’t Happen: The only way this doesn’t happen is if the Vikings don’t want it to. McCown syncs up with the Vikings so well that they’d be stupid to not go out and get him. Sure, he failed in Tampa Bay and Cleveland but those teams stink. Minnesota has talent across the board, and McCown would tap into that. Cleveland wouldn’t give him away, as RGIII is no sure-bet. But it’s Cleveland, and it’s not like that team is going to the Super Bowl anytime soon. The price seems to be reasonable and the demand is there. It needs to happen.

Proposed Trade: Minnesota can sweeten the pot and offer up a pair of sixth-rounders (this year and next) or a fifth this year and 2018 sixth to make this happen. Throw in conditional picks, just make this happen, Minnesota, if you want any fighting chance in 2016.