2011 NFL: 10 Stars I Want on My Side in a Zombie Apocalypse.

Recently, a video game called "Dead Island" has been released to the masses. As I was playing, I began to think about what I would do during a zombie invasion. As I began assembling my crack squad of zombie freedom fighters, I started watching NFL football, which is where this article finally comes in to play.

The NFL is full of amazing athletes. Athletes who are, for the most part, physically superior to us normal humans in every way. But which ones would I want to be on this hypothetical squad with me? Who would be our leader, our weapons expert and our comic relief? Read on to find out which NFL superstars, new and old, are joining me on this epic fight for survival. 

Jared Allen: Weapons Expert

The first of two weapons experts on my team, Allen is well versed in the art of hunting. He regularly goes on hunting trips during the off-season and has even killed animals with nothing more than a spear.

His know-how with virtually every weapon, modern and primitive, are what gets him on my team. After all, you aren't going to survive against the massive hordes of flesh eating monsters very long if you can't take out at least a few of them. Plus, as a hunter, Allen must know how to properly camouflage a small building. This will come in handy when the squad needs to sleep for the night.  

Adam "Pac-Man" Jones: Weapons Expert

Technically, I'm not sure it's ever been proven as to what kind of involvement Mr. Jones had outside of that nightclub in 2007, but I think it's safe to say the guy can probably handle a gun. As I said in Jared Allen's article you can never have too many people proficient in firearms when dealing with the walking dead.

The reason I chose Jones over someone who hunts animals like Allen is because I think my team needs diversity in order to stand the best chance of survival. Jones gives me someone who can shoot a gun, like Allen, but is also, quite possibly, just as crazy as the zombies themselves.

Clay Matthews: Muscle

I probably could have gone with quite a few guys here, considering there's not a lot of NFL players I would refer to as small. That said, Clay Matthews looks like a real life version of Thor and, while I'm not sure zombies can actually become intimidated, I know I'd feel safer with this guy backing me up.

Plus, there are bound to be countless other groups out there fighting for survival, which means limited resources guarded by other humans. If we run out of loot, I'll feel more than comfortable going into a brawl with Matthews by my side.

Devin Hester: Scout

Okay, so we have our muscle in Clay Matthews, but who's going to be our scout? This guy must be elusive enough to get out any sticky situations and fast enough to make it back to the main group at the first sign of real trouble.

There's no player in the NFL that better fits that description than Devin Hester. He consistently breaks huge gains in the return game. If he can run away from living, breathing, thinking human beings, I think he can handle breaking away from a mass of rotting flesh.

Chad Ochocinco: Comedic Relief

Let's face it, the thought of a zombie apocalypse isn't a happy one and without someone keeping spirits high, it doesn't matter how good your team is. If everyone's sitting around moping about how bad the situation is, not much will get done. That's where the comedic relief comes in. Every group needs a jokester who isn't afraid to pull pranks and can make just about anyone laugh.

The best example of that in the NFL is Chad Ochocinco. To me, he's the funniest man in sports because of his ridiculous antics. He's always able to turn the worst situation into something much more fun and usually hilarious. Therefore, he gets a prime spot on my zombie hunting strike force. 

Dat Nguyen: Token Minority

We've all seen a stereotypical horror movie where the minorities are the first ones to die. I'm not going to be the guy who bucks that trend because then you're just asking for trouble. And what's the race you see the least in the NFL? Asian.

With that said, I decided to go with Mr. Nguyen as my token minority. He's the first guy I think of when I think "Asian football player". Hopefully, he is able to rise above his movie stereotype and survive the zombie wars, though, because I've always had a soft spot for Dat.

Pat Williams: Fat Guy

Everyone who studies the living dead knows the one person you have to keep with you at all times: someone you can beat in a race. When you're being chased by zombies hordes, the slowest guy is the first to get eaten and, while the zombies are chewing away on his body, the faster runners are able to get away.

There aren't many people in the NFL I think I could beat in a race, but Phat Pat Williams is one of them. He's 38 years old and has a gut as big as my entire body. The guy is a world class athlete and can probably lift a truck, but he has no wheels. Basically, Williams is my insurance against death.

Clinton Portis: Crazy Guy

There always seems to be one guy who's just a little off his rocker, but then ends up being the savior for the entire team at some point. I feel like this role is generally given to an old man, but I tried to stay fairly current with this list.

With that said, no one in the NFL is more insane than Clinton Portis. His colorful cast of fake personalities have proven that he's not quite all there. I'm putting him on my team because I have no doubt that he knows how to engineer a nuclear weapon out of a coke can and some tissue paper. That's just the kind of thing crazy people like Portis know, and that's just the kind of thing that can keep you alive in a zombie invasion.

Tom Brady: Pretty Boy

Every zombie team needs one good-looking fellow to be the go between with other squads, the face of the team after the zombie horde dies off or, maybe, to drive up ratings at the box office. But let's be real, the reason we need a good-looking guy is to pick up chicks. After the zombie war is over, the world is going to need to be repopulated and if you don't have the best looking squad mates you might have trouble making it into the colonies of women.

Which is why I'm bringing along Tom Brady. I have no problem saying he's a beautiful man and the ladies seem to love him and his Justin Bieber hair. Let's just hope he can make it through the war so my squad has its choice of ladies. 

Michael Vick: Leader

Most people would've put Tom Brady in this spot, given his ability to thrive under the pressure of a big game. However, for my team leader, I want someone who has been through terrible moments in their life and was able to come out stronger. I need my leader to be someone who's already seen some of the worst things life has to offer and can bring my crew out of the fire and into the new world.

No one in the NFL has gone through that kind of hardship and been reborn except for Michael Vick. True, he deserved to go to jail and feel the pain that he did, but it's what he's done after that makes him my team's leader. Coming out of that experience, most men would've laid down and never gotten back on top. Not Vick. He's turned the NFL world on its head and become one of the best quarterbacks in the game again. Here's hoping he came do the same when the zombies come.

Well, that's my crew. I know this list was a little off the wall, but I just wanted to have some fun with it. Make your own squad in the comments if you want. Thanks for reading.