You're starting an NFL franchise...

[pudley4]

Who is your first pick? Two scenarios:

1 - Madden-style redraft. All NFL teams lose everyone off their rosters and have to redraft. You get the first pick, then the 64th pick, 65th, 128th, etc. Your team will obviously be competitive immediately.

2 - Expansion-style. All NFL teams are allowed to protect 35 players. Your team will be made up of leftovers and draft picks. However, you are allowed to pick one protected player. Your team may take a few years to be competitive.

[PhatTBoll]

Here we go again...

Scenario 1: Peyton

Scenario 2: Tomlinson

[Rick Diesel]

It would be very tough for me to pass up a 100% healthy Jonathan Ogden.

Rick Diesel

[stabn]

Manning
Tomlinson

If i'm competitive a solid QB is my #1 choice, and no one is better than Payton right now. Otherwise, it's Tomlinson. He's younger and i'm really going to need him beating it down through the middle to open it up enough for my young QB to learn.

[Non_Comformist]

Vick & Vick,

I believe in this guy, just scratching the surface but has already figured out how to win.

[tolbiny]

If i am starting a new franchise in a city that has never had a football team before then vick is the easy choice. The immediate fan base and huge crowds would be worth any dropoff in talent between him and another QB(not that there is any).

Starting a new franchise with the intent to win i would choose either the best offensive lineman in the game or the player with the most trade equity, then trade him in a manner to build a strong o-line.

[Non_Comformist]

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If i am starting a new franchise in a city that has never had a football team before then vick is the easy choice. The immediate fan base and huge crowds would be worth any dropoff in talent between him and another QB(not that there is any).

Starting a new franchise with the intent to win i would choose either the best offensive lineman in the game or the player with the most trade equity, then trade him in a manner to build a strong o-line.

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You are 100% correct about the importance of an O-line.

[sublime]

Vick & Vick,

god no

[fnord_too]

I'm a VT alum, and have nothing but respect for Vick. However, I don't think he has ever gone a season (college or pro) where he wasn't injured. His style is such that he is very likely to be injured in any given season. He certainly knows how to win, and I saw him win many games on his own in college, but I don't think you want to build your team solely around him because he most likely won't be putting in 16 (+) games a year.

As an aside, I was at the 1999 sugar bowl, and Vick's was the most amazing performance I have seen.

[PhatTBoll]

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I'm a VT alum, and have nothing but respect for Vick. However, I don't think he has ever gone a season (college or pro) where he wasn't injured. His style is such that he is very likely to be injured in any given season. He certainly knows how to win, and I saw him win many games on his own in college, but I don't think you want to build your team solely around him because he most likely won't be putting in 16 (+) games a year.

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This is precisely why I didn't choose Vick for Scenario 2. Choose him first, and you are perpetually one blindside hit away from watching your franchise get flushed down the toilet.