Build Your Dream Team (with the Cap in Mind)

[bigbluedefense]

What the heck, Im bored. The key is keeping the cap in mind. Meaning, you cant have a ton of guys who are highly paid and 1st round draft picks. Should be interesting to see what we can work with. Here's mine. Now I know theres no way you can know for sure that your team is under the cap, but just give it a try. Im not even sure if this team is under the cap, but I think its fair.


QB - Tony Romo

RB - Adrian Peterson

HBack - Kyle Brady
LT - Marcus McNeil
LG - David Diehl
C - Andre Gurode
RG - Shaun Andrews
RT - Kareem McKenzie

TE - Jason Witten

WR - Randy Moss
WR - Marques Colston
Slot - Patrick Crayton

Romo is actually cheap for a franchise qb, McNeil is cheap for a LT, Diehl is cheap for a PB caliber Guard, and while money is spent on Gurode and Andrews, their paycheck is not that bad considering the type of money that interior olinemen have been getting recently. Witten is cheap for his caliber TE, Colston is a 7th rounder, and Moss is cheap. Crayton is cheap too. Peterson is money well spent.

Defense

LE - Aaron Kampman
NT - Kelly Gregg
UT - Kevin Williams
RE - Justin Tuck

WILL - Julian Peterson
MIKE - DeMeco Ryans
SAM - Michael Boley

CB - Champ Bailey
SS - Dawan Landry
FS - Sean Taylor
CB - Terrance Newman

My defense is where more money is spent, particularly in the 2ndary. Kampman, Tuck and Gregg are all underpaid and all studs. Money is spent on Williams on the dline.

Money is spent on Peterson in the LB core, Ryans is cheap as a 2nd round pick, and Boley the same.

Like I said, I spent big bucks in the secondary minus Dawan Landry, who's a 5th round pick.

And with that front, you can put Peterson, Kampman, Tuck and Williams on the dline in the nickel, and blitz Boley if you want, you basically have a very good pass rushing front. Couple that with speedy LBs, and a great secondary, thats a pretty good defense.

Special Teams:

KR/PR: Leon Washington (5th round pick)
Kicker: Stephen Gostkowski (im pretty sure he's cheap)
Punter: The Immortal Jeff Feagles

[NYGibril28]

QB- Jeff Garcia
RB- Willie Parker
RB- Brandon Jacobs
FB- Lorenzo Neal
WR- Wes Welker
WR- Marvin Harrison
WR- Larry Fitzgerald
TE- Todd Heap
O-Line-

DE- Richard Seymour
DT- Haloti Ngata
DE- Jarvis Green
OLB- Mathias Kiwanuka
MLB- Patrick Willis
MLB- Tedy Bruschi
OLB- James Harrison
CB- Chris McAllister
FS- Sean Taylor
SS- Gibril Wilson
CB- Nnamadi Asomoghua

[UKfan]

Kicker: Bruce Gradkowski (im pretty sure he's cheap)

Do you mean Stephen Gostkowski? It might be worth giving Gradkowski a go as a kicker mind you haha.

Other than that very good write up, I might have a go later.

[bigbluedefense]

Do you mean Stephen Gostkowski? It might be worth giving Gradkowski a go as a kicker mind you haha.

Other than that very good write up, I might have a go later.

Oh yeah haha.

*edits*

[mqtirishfan]

What the heck, Im bored. The key is keeping the cap in mind. Meaning, you cant have a ton of guys who are highly paid and 1st round draft picks. Should be interesting to see what we can work with. Here's mine. Now I know theres no way you can know for sure that your team is under the cap, but just give it a try. Im not even sure if this team is under the cap, but I think its fair.


QB - Tony Romo

RB - Adrian Peterson

HBack - Kyle Brady
LT - Marcus McNeil
LG - David Diehl
C - Andre Gurode
RG - Shaun Andrews
RT - Kareem McKenzie

TE - Jason Witten

WR - Randy Moss
WR - Marques Colston
Slot - Patrick Crayton

Romo is actually cheap for a franchise qb, McNeil is cheap for a LT, Diehl is cheap for a PB caliber Guard, and while money is spent on Gurode and Andrews, their paycheck is not that bad considering the type of money that interior olinemen have been getting recently. Witten is cheap for his caliber TE, Colston is a 7th rounder, and Moss is cheap. Crayton is cheap too. Peterson is money well spent.

Defense

LE - Aaron Kampman
NT - Kelly Gregg
UT - Kevin Williams
RE - Justin Tuck

WILL - Julian Peterson
MIKE - DeMeco Ryans
SAM - Michael Boley

CB - Champ Bailey
SS - Dawan Landry
FS - Sean Taylor
CB - Terrance Newman

My defense is where more money is spent, particularly in the 2ndary. Kampman, Tuck and Gregg are all underpaid and all studs. Money is spent on Williams on the dline.

Money is spent on Peterson in the LB core, Ryans is cheap as a 2nd round pick, and Boley the same.

Like I said, I spent big bucks in the secondary minus Dawan Landry, who's a 5th round pick.

And with that front, you can put Peterson, Kampman, Tuck and Williams on the dline in the nickel, and blitz Boley if you want, you basically have a very good pass rushing front. Couple that with speedy LBs, and a great secondary, thats a pretty good defense.

Special Teams:

KR/PR: Leon Washington (5th round pick)
Kicker: Stephen Gostkowski (im pretty sure he's cheap)
Punter: The Immortal Jeff Feagles

I'm pretty damn sure you can't afford all those players. Romo recently restructured his deal, as did Kampman.

Also, all your cheap players will want a deal within the next two years, and you'll be screwed.

[PoopSandwich]

QB - Derek Anderson (LOL)
WR - Braylon Edwards
WR - Marques Colston
TE - Kellen Winslow (What the hell did you expect?)
HB - Marion Barber
FB - Lawerence Vickers
LT - Marcus McNeil
LG - Eric Steinbach
C - Hank Fraley
RG - Shaun Andrews
RT - Kareem McKenzie

LE - Tommie Harris
NT - Haloti Ngata
RE - Albert Haynesworth
LOLB - Shawne Merriman
ILB - Demeco Ryans
ILB - Patrick Willis
ROLB - Kamerion Wimbley
CB - Aaron Ross
CB - Leigh Bodden (Had to... Probably would leave him off of this, but he's my boy)
SS - Adrian Wilson
FS - Sean Taylor

Completely being a homer if you didn't notice.

[bigbluedefense]

I'm pretty damn sure you can't afford all those players. Romo recently restructured his deal, as did Kampman.

Also, all your cheap players will want a deal within the next two years, and you'll be screwed.

Even with Romo and Kampman, thats still I think under the cap. Remember alot of those players are getting underpaid. With the current cap figure, it should go under the cap. Maybe slightly over.

And we're doing it as a one year thing. Its impossible to do it taking the long term ramifications in mind.

[NIN1984]

Ok I'll try to make this realistic...

QB- Carson Palmer

HB- Brian Westbrook
FB- Lorenzo Neal

WR- Lee Evans
WR- Marques Colston
TE- Dallas Clark

LT- Khalif Barnes
LG- Logan Mankins
C- Casey Wiegman
RG- Shawn Andrews
RT- Mark Tauscher

DE- Antwan Odom
DT- Corey Redding
DT- Pat Williams
DE- Trent Cole

OLB- Derrick Brooks
MLB- Kirk Morrison
OLB- Michael Boley

CB- Marcus Tufant
CB- Cedric Griffin

FS- Brodney Pool
SS- Adrian Wilson

K- Jason Elam
P- Shane Lechler
KR- Joshua Cribbs

That was pretty hard, I'm sure I got a little carried away but it was fun.

[Scotty D]

QB - Brett Favre
QB - Jamarcus Russell
RB - Maurice Jones Drew
RB - Brandon Jacobs
FB - Brian Leonard
TE - Tony Scheftler
WR - Plexico Burress
WR - Steve Smith
WR - Mike Furry
LT - Tony Ugoh
LG - Eric Steinbach
C - Nick Hardwick
RG - Shaun Andrews
RT - Michael Roos

DE - Mark Anderson
DT - Shaun Rogers
DT - Cory Redding
DE - Dewayne White
BUP DE - Elvis Dumerveil
OLB - Ernie Sims
MLB - Barret Rudd
OLB - AJ Hawk
CB - Rashean Mathis
FS - Adrian Wilson
SS - Laron Landry
CB - Charles Tillman

KR - Josh Cribbs
K - Jason Hanson
P - Nic Harris

[neko4]

That ones getting close to the cap line

[GB12]

I'm pretty damn sure you can't afford all those players. Romo recently restructured his deal, as did Kampman.

Also, all your cheap players will want a deal within the next two years, and you'll be screwed.

Even with Romo and Kampman, thats still I think under the cap. Remember alot of those players are getting underpaid. With the current cap figure, it should go under the cap. Maybe slightly over.

And we're doing it as a one year thing. Its impossible to do it taking the long term ramifications in mind.

Kampman signed a 4 year $21 million contract last year before the season. That's still $5mil a year, but for a top DE that's a great deal.

[PACKmanN]

QB- Aaron Rodgers

RB- Marion Barber
RB- Leon Washington

FB- Jeremi Johnson

WR- Andre Johnson
WR- Greg Jennings
WR- Koren Robinson

TE- Jason Witten
TE- Bo Scaife

LT- Jammal Brown
LG- Eric Steinbach
OC- Scott Wells
RG- LeCharles Bentley
RT- Alex Barron

RE- Justin Tuck
DT- Corey Williams
DT- Haloti Ngata
LE- Aaron Kampman

ROLB- Kirk Morrison
MLB- Nick Barnett
LOLB- Patrick Willis

CB- Rashean Mathis
CB- Nnamdi Asomugha
CB- Cortland Finnegan

FS- Sean Taylor
SS- Nick Collins


Is that team under the cap?

[ironman4579]

I wish profootball-reference.com gave salary figures like baseball-reference.com. Even if they don't give you new numbers, they still give you the salary figure for the last year or current season. It would at least be a place to start when looking at salary figures.

[Xenos]

What the heck, Im bored. The key is keeping the cap in mind. Meaning, you cant have a ton of guys who are highly paid and 1st round draft picks. Should be interesting to see what we can work with. Here's mine. Now I know theres no way you can know for sure that your team is under the cap, but just give it a try. Im not even sure if this team is under the cap, but I think its fair.


QB - Tony Romo

RB - Adrian Peterson

HBack - Kyle Brady
LT - Marcus McNeil
LG - David Diehl
C - Andre Gurode
RG - Shaun Andrews
RT - Kareem McKenzie

TE - Jason Witten

WR - Randy Moss
WR - Marques Colston
Slot - Patrick Crayton

Romo is actually cheap for a franchise qb, McNeil is cheap for a LT, Diehl is cheap for a PB caliber Guard, and while money is spent on Gurode and Andrews, their paycheck is not that bad considering the type of money that interior olinemen have been getting recently. Witten is cheap for his caliber TE, Colston is a 7th rounder, and Moss is cheap. Crayton is cheap too. Peterson is money well spent.

Defense

LE - Aaron Kampman
NT - Kelly Gregg
UT - Kevin Williams
RE - Justin Tuck

WILL - Julian Peterson
MIKE - DeMeco Ryans
SAM - Michael Boley

CB - Champ Bailey
SS - Dawan Landry
FS - Sean Taylor
CB - Terrance Newman

My defense is where more money is spent, particularly in the 2ndary. Kampman, Tuck and Gregg are all underpaid and all studs. Money is spent on Williams on the dline.

Money is spent on Peterson in the LB core, Ryans is cheap as a 2nd round pick, and Boley the same.

Like I said, I spent big bucks in the secondary minus Dawan Landry, who's a 5th round pick.

And with that front, you can put Peterson, Kampman, Tuck and Williams on the dline in the nickel, and blitz Boley if you want, you basically have a very good pass rushing front. Couple that with speedy LBs, and a great secondary, thats a pretty good defense.

Special Teams:

KR/PR: Leon Washington (5th round pick)
Kicker: Stephen Gostkowski (im pretty sure he's cheap)
Punter: The Immortal Jeff Feagles

Just so you know, Gates actually makes less than Witten. Unless you feel that having a more balanced player like Witten is better.

[Shiver]

QB - Ben Roethlisberger
RB - Joseph Addai
RB - Maurice Jones-Drew
SE - Roddy White
FL - Brandon Marshall
SL - Wes Welker
TE - Jeremy Shockey
LT - Jason Peters
LG - Logan Mankins
OC - Jeff Saturday
RG - Jahri Evans
RT - David Stewart

RE - Osi Umenyiora
NT - Vince Wilfork
UT - Darnell Dockett
LE - Dewayne White
LOLB - Michael Boley
MLB - Patrick Willis
ROLB - Rocky McIntosh
CB - Nnamdi Asomugha
CB - Rashean Mathis
FS - Tanard Jackson
SS - Kerry Rhodes

K - Stephen Gostkowski
P - Matt McBriar
KR - Maurice Jones-Drew
PR - Wes Welker