Who's the Best Aggregate Football Team Ever?

[furt]

@zoog

Nice team. One change I’d make for sure is on that 11th offensive player. I’d figure out a way to scheme with two RB’s and add Gale Sayers. I’d probably go with Luckman at QB, but really, with a backfield featuring Payton and Sayers who cares who the QB is?

That would be quite doable. Payton was an excellent blocker for when you go two back, or put Sayers in the slot on passing downs.

Gotta say, though, I find the idea of “you get the player at the best he ever was” ruins it for me. It leads to me putting Art Monk and Mike Ditka on the Eagles in place of Harold Carmichael and Keith Jackson. Bleah.

[Enginerd]

@furt

Gotta say, though, I find the idea of “you get the player at the best he ever was” ruins it for me. It leads to me putting Art Monk and Mike Ditka on the Eagles in place of Harold Carmichael and Keith Jackson. Bleah.

I agree - this makes for some odd rosters.

[OldGuy]

@Enginerd

I agree - this makes for some odd rosters.

I’d suggest the best he ever was for the team in question. (You can pick a season.

[Kimble]

My team, the Houston/Tennessee Oilers/Titans. I pretty heavily discounted the accomplishments of players in the early AFL days. Players aren’t in any specific order when grouped together.

QB: Warren Moon
RB: Earl Campbell, Chris Johnson
TE: Drew Casper**
WR: Randy Moss**, Charlie Joiner**
T: Michael Roos, Bruce Matthews
G: Mike Munchak, Bob Talamini*
C: Kevin Mawae

DE: Elvin Bethea, Jevon Kearse
DT: Ray Childress, Albert Haynesworth
LB: Robert Brazile, George Webster*, Keith Bulluck
CB: Samari Rolle, Cris Dishman
S: Ken Houston, Blaine Bishop

• = people I hadn’t heard of before making the roster. If they shouldn’t count, substitute Brad Hopkins for Talamini, moving Matthews to guard; at linebacker, put in Al Smith.
  ** = people whose fame wasn’t with the Oilers/Titans. In variations of this game where they shouldn’t count, put Frank Wycheck at TE and Haywood Jeffires and Ernest Givins at WR.

[Sir_T-Cups]

@OldGuy

I’d suggest the best he ever was for the team in question. (You can pick a season.

I’ll quote this one in response to all the others lol.

Just choosing “the best player in the teams history” is boring and has been done 1000 times by 1000 people.

Having the wrinkle of best he ever was no matter the team makes it more fun and requires more thought. It makes you ask yourself "I’m a Broncos fan, do I want to have an in-his-prime Elway? OR Manning? As opposed to saying “Well Manning is good now, but I’ll take John in his prime!”

It also allows for “Bad” teams to get better because they had a future hall-of-famer on their team for all of two seconds. It doesn’t matter, they’re yours.

[RealityChuck]

The New York Jets . . .

Never mind. <slinks away>

[Sterling_Archer]

@zoog

Nice team. One change I’d make for sure is on that 11th offensive player. I’d figure out a way to scheme with two RB’s and add Gale Sayers. I’d probably go with Luckman at QB, but really, with a backfield featuring Payton and Sayers who cares who the QB is?

Agreed, I love this suggestion. Gale Sayers could fill the Sproles/Reggie Bush role of a speedster change of pace guy who can also play as a slot WR.

[Snarky_Kong]

@Sterling_Archer

I’ll give it a shot for Da Bears

If we’re going with players at their peak I’d think Orlando Pace is on the team.

[astorian]

Rams

QB: Norm Van Brocklin
RB: Eric Dickerson
RB: Marshall Faulk
WR: Crazy Legs Hirsch
WR: Tom Fears
OT: Jackie Slater
G: Tom Mack

DE: Deacon Jones
DE: Jack Youngblood
DT: Merlin Olsen
CB: Aeneas Williams

[astorian]

@RealityChuck

The New York Jets . . .

Never mind. <slinks away>

Well, if we stick to their few Hall of Famers:

QB: Joe Namath
RB: John Riggins
RB: Curtis Martin
WR: Don Maynard

After that, you could still have a dang good team with:

C: Joe Fields or Nick Mangold
OT: Marvin Powell
OT: Winston Hill
WR: Al Toon
TE: Mickey Shuler

DE: Mark Gastineau
DE: Gerry Philbin
DT: Joe Klecko
DT: John Elliot
LB: Larry Grantham
CB: Darelle Revis