Expansion Team

[Zbikowski_9]

If you were the owner of an expansion team, what package of this years draft picks would you prefer?

[villagewarrior]

Okoye, Grubbs and Thomas, mostly for the last two. Build up those lines and the new team is set up for years.

[Caddy]

I'd take the 4th one. You get a stud OT, A premier OG and a great DT prospect.

[WMD]

yeah, I'd go Okoye/Grubbs/Thomas...

[Zbikowski_9]

yeah, I'd go Okoye/Grubbs/Thomas...

thats who i voted for. It all starts in the trenches.

[stl9erfan]

Okoye/Grubbs/Thomas.

I'll build in the trenches this year, and next year, when I still suck enough to earn top draft choices again, maybe I'll start loading up on skill players.

[TheChampIsHere]

Okoye, Grubbs and Thomas seems the obvious pick, you build up both lines and add great talent.

But ima go with AP/Levi/Buster...Adrian Peterson is a beast and could help the team be competetive right away, Levi is a good start to your OL and IMO Buster Davis is going to be a star in this league.

[ChefMike]

I would say its pretty much a landslide choice here... you can turn an ok QB or RB into an average starter with a great OL and an above avg LB can make the pro bowl with a good DL, you can always spend your FA $ on a Good WR or RB and make a trade for that up and coming QB thats playing behind a good QB like Matt Schaub was in Atlanta or a situation like San Diego had with Rivers and Brees and not have to give up a #1 overall pick to a player like Russell and then be plagued for years like Houston has been with David Carr.

[High Roller]

Gotta start in the trenches....I'd take Okoye, Grubbs, and Thomas.

[Go_Eagles77]

Same as everyone else, BG, AO, and JT.

[JPF]

Same as everyone else, BG, AO, and JT.

Agreed, it all starts with your lines.

[Moses]

I went with the Russell group. Gotta get that franchise QB in there.

[mav91]

i went with ap, levi brown and buster davis..star runningback and a strong tackle..and then a very underrated star linebacker

[doingthisinsteadofwork]

none.id take Joe Thomas.

[devinhester=R.O.Y 2006]

I took Grubbs, Okoye, and Joe Thomas.

Getting an elite LT prospect, a very solid OG, and a very young DT with loads of ability and potential would be the way I would want to start my expansion team.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

The Grubbs/Thomas/Okoye one is totally unrealistic. No team can get that. I chose the Russell one, since I think it's the best realistic one.

[Paul]

I'm big on defense so I took Landry/Adams/Macualey. I'll get me a experienced QB.

[Xiomera]

Where did you come up with these seemingly random combinations? Or what it just that . . . random?

[rainbeaukid2]

Brown, Peterson, Davis

would give you a stud on both sides of the ball and a franchise LT

[GiantRutgersFan]

Landry, Adams, and McCauley. has the makings of a great defense right there.

[OhioState]

i went with ginn hall and lynch. i like ginn for obvious reasons, lynch is a great weapon for every team with his recieving ability and it is always nice to have solid corners

[Acreboy]

Landry, Gaines, and McCauley.

Landry is the QB of the defense and having Gaines put pressure on the QB forcing him to make bad decisions along with McCauley in the backfield.

I just like that option better.

[Shane P. Hallam]

You go with the three first rounders...

[VY10]

Everything starts in the trenches. A great O-line can make good running backs and quarterback. Gotta go with Okoye, grubbs, and thomas.

[Bostonsportlova]

Landry Adams Marcus. started on the d side of the ball. Landry is an impact player right away. Adams a super pass rusher from day 1. And marcus can be a 2 corner at least for a while

[Acreboy]

You go with the three first rounders...So would that be Okoye, Grubbs, and Thomas or Hall, Ginn, and Lynch?

[Phrost]

It all starts in the trenches.

[SouthernComfort]

Sabby Piscatelli?! WTH?? LOL

Yea, it's obvious...JT, BG, and AO...

[KCJ58]

this is a very strange question

[Paul]

I think a better way to ask the questions would maybe pick one player that was taken from each of the first 3 rounds in this past draft. Like my mind would be:

Round 1: Adrian Peterson
Round 2: Justin Blalock
Round 3: Chalres Johnson

[7-11]

starting a franchise isnt all about being competitive, sure people say being competitive gets people through the turnstiles but realistically a star is needed to attract popele to the games. i still agree with the majority of the posters talking about building the trenches but im just giving another perspective that concentrates more on the business side of football