| Position | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Bob Waterfield | Mark Brunell | Frank Ryan | ||
| RB | Herschel Walker | Larry Centers | Abner Haynes | Michael Turner | |
| WR | Joe Horn | Max McGee | Tony Martin | Bobby Joe Conrad | Carlos Carson |
| TE | Ben Coates | Brent Jones | Jim Gibbons | ||
| T | David Diehl | Len Rhode | Fred Miller | Ken Lanier | |
| G | Conrad Dobler | Blaine Bye | John Wooten | Carl Nicks | |
| C | Mike Webster | Ed Flanagan | |||
| DE | Robert Mathis | Dexter Manley | Earl Faison | Trent Cole | |
| DT | Henry Jordan | La'Roi Glover | Kyle Williams | Michael Carter | |
| ILB | Zach Thomas | Hardy Nickerson | Bryan Cox | Dan Connors | |
| OLB | Kevin Greene | Woodrow Lowe | Scott Fujita | ||
| CB | Dick LeBeau | Richard Sherman | Lester Hayes | Josh Norman | Chris Dishman |
| Rodney Harrison | Merton Hanks | Kam Chancellor | Steve Freeman | ||
| K | Josh Scobee | ||||
| P | Shane Lechler | ||||
| Returner | Dante Hall | Brian Mitchell | |||
| Coach | Mike McCarthy |
This is definitely the weakest of all the rounds, especially the offense, however it is stacked in the return game. And while it is the weakest of all the rounds, it is impressive that 2 of the 3 members of the Legion of Boom are on this list.
We reach way back to 1946 for the starting QB in Bob Waterfield. The offense would run out of a base Ace Wing formation, with Centers at the H back. Walker takes the primary back duties, with Centers, Haynes, and Mitchell all sharing passing down duties in the backfield. The o-line is hugely undersized and the weakest part of the offense (outside of probably the greatest center to play the game in Webster).
The defense is stacked in the secondary and solid at linebacker. The d would run out of a base 4-3 under, but play a lot of cover 1 out of nickel and dime packages. The linebackers would stack up with Greene at the on-the-line Sam, and Thomas and Low at the Mike and Will. LeBeau and Sherman get the start at corner, with Norman and Hayes seeing a lot of time on the field as well.
The Human Joystick, Hall takes the return duties, but Mitchell would be back deep on kickoffs as well. There are no coaches with more than 50 wins, nor active, that were drafted in the fifth round, so I went with Mike McCarthy, who is fifth among active coaches in wins.
I call this team the Jacksonville Day-Threes
Leave a Reply