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Big Ben68 said 08/06, 12:09 AM
QB: Drew Brees (NO)
RB: Stephen Jackson (STL)
RB: Larry Johnson (KC)
FB: Mack Strong (SEA)
WR: Marvin Harrison (IND)
WR: Chad Johnson (CIN)
TE: Antonio Gates (SD)
T: D???Brickashaw Ferguson (NYJ)
T: Mark Tauscher (GB)
G: Eric Steinbach (CLE)
G: Derrick Dockery (BUF)
C: Kevin Mawae (TEN)

DE: Richard Seymour (NE)
DE: Kevin Williams (MIN)
DT: Tommie Harris (CHI)
DT: Warren Sapp (OAK)
OLB: Thomas Davis (CAR)
MLB: Zach Thomas (MIA)
OLB: Derrick Brooks (TAM)
CB: Champ Bailey (DEN)
CB: Nate Clements (SF)
FS: Ed Reed (BAL)
SS: Sean Taylor (WAS)

K: Neil Rackers (ARI)
P: Jeff Feagles (NYG)
KR/PR: Maurice Jones-Drew (JAC)
Coach: Tony Dungy (IND)

Big Ben68 said 08/06, 10:23 PM
I'll give you QB and RB, but I win on FB (I actually have one) and WR as well as TE as you have already said. Tackle I'll say you have ONLY because of Jones. Ogden is still dominate, but age is beginning to catch him and he won't be that dominant for much longer. Same thing with the guards: Hutchinson gives the win because Allen is aging and declining, but still dominant enough to give you the slight edge. At center, my guy owns you. At defensive end I have, quite possibly, the two most versatile lineman in the game: Richard Seymour and Kevin Williams (he played defensive end his first two years in the league racking up 23 sacks (11.5 both years). Seymour and Williams are DOMINANT against the run and cause havoc, especially Williams, when rushing the QB. So I would say I WIN that category as well. At defensive tackle I have the multi-talented Tommie Harris who can, like Williams, rush the QB with ease and blow up RBs in the running game. I do not see how you win at linebacker when I have a speedy LB in Davis who can rush the passer with GREAT efficiency as well as excel in pass coverage because of that speed. He also has the strength to play the run. I give the edge to me.

Big Ben68 said 08/09, 08:57 PM
Williams is EASILY as fast as Peppers and MUCH stronger than him as well. Seymour absolutely dominates opposing lineman physically and still has decent speed to get TO the QB. Here???s the thing about Davis and Ware. Thomas Davis plays in a 4-3 and plays both strong-side linebacker as well as middle linebacker meaning he WON???T get as many sacks as compared to a guy (Ware) that plays in a 3-4 on the outside where he is specialized as a pass rusher. Being in a 3-4 on the outside gives you more leeway as well as ease when rushing. The 3-4 zone blitz (as Dallas has been and WILL be playing) is conducive to blitzing from the outside linebackers compared to the 4-3 zone defense the Panthers play which is more conducive in tackles, passes deflected, and interceptions. Ware is possibly a small amount better and so I can say it would be a push when it comes to ALL the linebackers. I still say for me to have come up with just as good a team while only repeating five players (Bailey, Brooks, Johnson, Jackson, and Sapp). I say this would be a HELL of a game if these teams were assembled (and we had carbon copies of those five players). This game could go either way.