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Jesse Porter (above, tackling Austin Bray) will secure left tackle and defensive end for the 2009 Vikings. Rob Carlson / Sports Media Northwest
If you gathered a bunch of football coaches in a room and asked them to build a team from scratch, there would be some disagreement as to which position is the most important building block for success.
Some coac…
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