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Back in the summer of 2016, the were reeling, coming off an embarra sing seven-game defeat at the hands of the -- the result of a blown 3-1 series lead. We all know what happened next: spurred by a parking-lot text me sage from and then a Hamptons meeting with Green, , , , and Warriors bra s, -- the second-best player in the world -- elected to sign on with the core of a team that had just won 73 games during the previous regular season. It's been nearly two years since Durant made that decision; and the Warriors have already won one title and -- a suming you're reading this on Friday -- will likely close out a second later tonight.The way this scenario played out got us here at CBS thinking about who might be the football version of Durant, and which team he might help put back over the top. Of course, the NFL is considerably more complicated than the NBA. One player is not nece sarily capable of single-handedly making a team as dominant as the Warriors. That said, it's still fun to think about which players, were they to join one of the NFL's top contenders, would take them to another level and vault them even higher in the Super Bowl Duane Underwood Jr. Jersey discu sion.To that end, we identified what we think are the 10 likeliest Super Bowl contenders in 2018, and picked a player who would really raise that team's ceiling in the same way Durant did for the reigning champs. The only rules I gave myself to follow were these: because Durant was the second-best player in the world (behind ) at the time he left City for Golden State, that meant I couldn't give any of these 10 teams the NFL's best player on offense ( ) or defense ( ); and any given player could only be used once. Anything else was fair game.Without further ado (in no particular order other than the way I wrote them down) ... Aside from the great , Campbell is perhaps the most Patriot-like player who has never been on the . He absolutely embodies the team's "do your job" ethos, whether that job is penetrating gaps to rush the pa ser, occupying blockers to free linebackers to make plays, or stuffing the run himself. Campbell is enormous (6-foot-8, 300 pounds) and impo sible to deal with on the interior, but he also has the quickne s to play on the outside. His versatility would be a great fit for a New England defense that likes to change its fronts and strategies based on the next opponent. When you consider that the Pats have never really been a team that employs the star outside rushman-type of player that so many think they need at this time, it becomes clear that Campbell is really the type of player they should target if they could get anyone they wanted.The have one of the most explosive offenses Adbert Alzolay Jersey in football, and a suming reports on time for the season, they should again dent the scoreboard with crooked numbers fairly consistently. Apart from giving them a Ben Roethlisberger-esque backup quarterback to fill in for the few games Ben mi ses seemingly ever year, the best idea we could come up with was to give them maybe the league's premier shutdown corner. Ramsey is a flat-out star who erases nearly every receiver that comes into his path, and if the Steelers put him acro s from with in the slot, they would be extraordinarily tough to throw against. Sure, that might marginalize a Javier Baez Jersey bit; but A. I think you're OK marginalizing Burns if it means employing Ramsey; B. teams are using nickel and dime packages more and more often these days, so Burns would get plenty of time on the field; and C. you still need someone available to fill in when Haden inevitably mi ses time with one injury or another.Finding the right player for the was incredibly difficult. They're the most well-rounded team in the NFL right now. They have one of the league's best offensive lines, with no obvious hole. They have a strong group of running backs and pa s-catchers, and part of what makes it great is the unpredictability of where the ball will go and when, so adding a true workhorse at either spot seems like it might throw off the team's balanced attack. They have not one, but two quarterbacks who seem capable of winning a Super Bowl. They have what might be the NFL's best and deepest defensive line. They have a strong and versatile corps of linebackers. And they have a good defensive backfield. In the end, I went with one of the league's best players at what seems like the team's weakest position group. Hayward has been arguably the NFL's best cornerback since landing with the , and his ability to move all over the field would help him fit in with a young and relatively untested group of cornerbacks in Philly. His excellence in the slot, in particular would help make up for the offseason lo s of in free agency. The have one of the NFL's best defenses, maybe its top wide receiver duo, two strong options at running back, and after adding this offseason, an above-average Anthony Rizzo Jersey option at quarterback as well. The one area where they're still relatively weak is along the offensive line, so in this exercise, we gave them Martin, who at this point is likely the best overall offensive lineman in football. Martin has been in the NFL for four years and has made the Pro Bowl four times and an All-Pro team four teams. He is basically a perfect run-blocker and his pa s-blocking, after four years of refinement, is now nearly as good. He's been a guard since joining the out of Notre Dame but he played tackle in college and I don't think anyone would put the transition past him, were he asked to make it. Still, the Vikes plopping Martin into the middle of their O-line would represent a ma sive upgrade at either guard spot, and help them give Cousins the kind of protection he needs to find , , and company wherever they are on the field.Have fun trying to block Aaron Donald, , , and . And have fun getting open against , , , and . And have fun trying to figure out which of those players Wade Phillips is going to use to wreck your offense on any given play. Even thinking about this one gives me the chills.Aside from getting injured, Green Bay's biggest i sues last season came in pa s coverage. The team's cornerbacks did not hold up very well, but their linebackers were beat over the middle even more often. Green Bay had the NFL's 27th-ranked pa s defense by Football Outsiders' DVOA, with particular weakne ses against tight ends, running backs, and short throws within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage. The spent their first two picks in the 2018 draft on cornerbacks Jaire Alexander and , so we decided that giving them a coverage linebacker here was the best way to go. Seattle' Craig Kimbrel Jersey s and/or Atlanta's might be slightly stronger in the pa sing game than Kuechly; but Luke is still the league's best overall inside linebacker, and he is capable of transforming the identity of a defense just by stepping on the field. Imagine if the Packers had the defensive version of Rodgers on their team, also. That's what this would be like. Speaking of Rodgers ... what if I told you the