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The "Big Ben is NFL's Brightest Star" article that was posted in another thread got me thinking. If every player in the league was available in a league-wide draft, and you had the first pick to build your organization around, who would you pick? Some of the best players in the league are getting a bit older, so you would likely prefer promising guys in their early to mid 20's over established superstars that are approaching 30 or more. For example, although Tomlinson (29) may be the better all-around RB right now, you would likely take Adrian Peterson (23) before him in a league-wide re-draft, since you may get another couple of years out of LDT, but AD should be good to go for the next decade. Similarly, you would draft Joe Thomas ahead of Walter Jones, Patrick Willis over Ray Lewis, Mario Williams over Dwight Freeney, and Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald over Randy Moss or Terrell Owens, simply because of the age factor if you were building a team from scratch and wanted guys who would be building blocks for your team for years to come. All of the young guys I mentioned above would be 1st round picks in an All-NFL draft in my mind, but where would you go first? Quarterback is the most important position, and Ben has done some amazing things in his first 4 seasons at age 26, and he should still get even better. Brady and Peyton are 31 and 32, respectively, right in their primes as QB (I'm going to just assume that Brady's knee injury 2 days ago never happened, just for the sake of argument). They may play another half dozen years or so more, with their production likely tailing off a bit as they start to hit their late 30's. Ben, on the other hand, should have a dozen or so good years left, with his game actually improving over the next decade since he hasn't even reaching the prime QB years yet. Could Ben be the one guy that you would take to start your franchise? You know that he is mobile enough to elude pressure if you aren't able to build a dominant o-line in front of him, which is not something that you could ever say about Brady or Peyton. He is a winner, a leader, and a remarkably efficient passer. He is certainly the most proven commodity among all the young QB's in the league (above the likes of Romo, Eli, and Carson). Could you even imagine a 53 round draft in which all 32 teams had to fill out their entire roster from scratch with every player available. It would surely be interesting. Let me know what you think.
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Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
Jay Cutler.
Not just based on last night, check a few of my other posts. I been pimping him for a while. Stud.sigpic -
Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
This Jay Cutler?Originally posted by Iron Shiek
You can't possibly mean this dork from Vanderbilt wearing Bubby's old Bronco number, can you?
Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.Comment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
He may be a dork. But a heck of a QB. It would be between him and Ben. Cutler is a year younger so it would be negligible. Trying to be impartial....sigpicComment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
Hands down you pick a QB...and that would be Ben.Trolls are people too.Comment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
I can't say his name because it's Browns week, but he plays OT for them.
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
Yeah, that's who I would go with as well...Originally posted by stlrz dI can't say his name because it's Browns week, but he plays OT for them.Comment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
i would probably go with mario williamsComment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
And no one's laughing at Houston anymore. Bush has made giant strides from last season to this one, but Williams has turned out to be a heck of a player.Originally posted by frankthetank1Comment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
i was one of those people who laughed at them. it turned out to be the right pick though. smart move on the texans partOriginally posted by proudpittsburgherComment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
As I think about it, Ben probably does make sense in a league wide redraft. He is both young and, obviously, proven. Cutler still has a lot of question marks. He could be great, but the jury is still out on that one.
Before the knee, you could really make a strong argument for Brady. Sure, he's 5 years older than Ben, but he does have quite a track record.
I would think that almost any good, young QB would go early in such a draft. It would be interesting to see who the first non-qb selected would be. I suppose Mario Williams would have a shot. Even though he is old and a WR, I could see Moss having a shot too.Comment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
Me? I take Adrian Peterson. It's been proven, a good running game+good defense wins championships. The Vikes are absolutely 0, NOTHING without Adrian Peterson. He's talented but extremely passionate about the game as well. He plays with fire. He can catch, run, cut, has the speed, will run right through people...and he can actually pass protect as well.Comment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
While Moss is quite a talent, I think starting from scratch you build inside out. Obviously QB is the most important position. After that you have to go Offensive line (LT specifically) and then a good rush DE. I think WR talent is all over the place. Moss is head and shoulder above the rest, but you would set yourself back missing out on an elite QB or OL by taking a WR.Originally posted by phillyesq
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
Nothing? What do you call Chester Taylor before AP was there. He was not nothing my friend. Effective even.Originally posted by BigBen2112sigpicComment
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Re: If every NFL player was available in a redraft, who'd go #1?
A juiced Merriman.sigpicComment
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