Best Position Groups
by Criticalmass231 | 4 years ago | 1 Comments
Since we are not vancing until Monday I figured I would right something up as my son watches “Raya the Last Dragon” for the 20th time in a week. Btw it slaps. Here is my rankings on position groups as we sit today with our current rosters. Hopefully, I’ll be able to explain this pretty well.
Categories
No QB or RB Groups - Since these are usually only one player carrying the load I did not see the point in doing these groups. Think we all can agree Matt Davis and Mahomes are the best QBs and Akers, Boothe, Saquon, Zeke are prob the best RBs
Best Offensive Line – No Explanation needed there
Best Receiving Core - Here I included WRs, TEs and RBs
Best Defensive Line – Here I included pass rushing LBs as well
Best LB Core – These exclude Pass rushing LBs and mostly pass coverage and run stuffers
Best Secondary – No explanation needed
Calculations – I calculated avg Overall based on a position group. For example, for Oline if you have a 99, 98,97,96,95 Overall players on your line, your avg Overall is 97 overall. I used this to help make my decision but isn’t the final determining factor. Sometimes Speed or Abilities can alter my decision. My judgements also are “in a vacuum” where I am only considering the players right now. Not as if I would be taking over this team for a cycle but if I needed them for one season.
Alright let’s kick things off!
Best Offensive Line : Saints 86.8
95 Terron Armstead (SuperStar)
80 Jawaan Taylor
86 Eric McCoy
76 Silas Hyde
97 Ryan Ramczyk (SuperStar)
This was not the highest because the colts had the highest at an 87. The two tackles tipped the scales for me as they both have some sort of Edge Protecting Ability which is huge. Colts had the best overall Offensive line but only one ability player.
Also considered: Pats 84.8, Ravens 84.6, Texans 83.8 , Colts 87, Raiders 84.2 , Cards 83.2
Best Receiving Core: Packers 92.6
93 Deonte Harris (SuperStar)
92 Keenan Allen (X-Factor)
89 Brandon Aiyuk (SuperStar)
94 Evan Engram (SuperStar)
95 Aaron Jones (X-Factor)
This may come as a shock to most because they never see the packers play or they see their record. But damn do they have talent. Every Player in this core has abilities which only the Packers and Bucs can claim for the receiving core. It came down to the Bucs and Packers and I chose to run with the Packers due to certain abilities like slot o matic as well as the upgrade of Evan engram over OJ Howard as well as Aaron Jones over Bo Kelly. If it were strictly WRs, I’d probably select the Bucs. I was also strongly considering the Cowboys WR core mostly because it iss extremely fast and 3 Ability WRs.
Also Considered: Bears 90, Bills 91.8, Broncos 90.8, Chargers 89, Cowboys 88.4, Falcons 90.4, 49ers 91.2, Hawks 88.8
Best Defensive Line (Including Pass Rush LBs): Bears 95
97 Josh Allen (X-Factor)
96 Grady Jarrett (X-Factor)
96 Arik Armstead (X-Factor)
91 Jadeveon Clowney (SuperStar)
This is the 2nd highest rated ovr group we have of all the position groups. This was a fairly easy choice considering the disparity. Calculations for this group were done with your 4 best rushers whether they were on the line or LB. Think this group is hard to argue and have a good balance of pass rush and run stop abilities
Also considered: 49ers 91.5, Cards 89.5, Pats 89.5, Chiefs 88.5, Giants 87, Rams 86.8, WFT 90.3
Best Linebacking Core (Excluding Pass Rush LBs): Patriots 86.6
92 Trumaine Edmunds (X-Factor)
92 Isiah Simmons (X-Factor)
76 Next best player who cares
This is probably the toughest one I had to choose simply because the Patriots only had 2 viable LBs. I am pro “LBs don’t matter” so this one was harder to judge. Was really tempted to go with the Bengals or the Colts due to more than 2 studs and the colts had 3 guys with abilities. But in the end, I chose the two absolute freaks in NE.
Also considered: Colts 87.3, Bengals 88, Giants 86.6, Panthers 83, 49ers 87
Best Secondary: Browns 95.8
99 Grant Delpit (SuperStar)
97 Greedy Williams (X-Factor)
97 Denzel Ward (X-Factor)
90 Ronnie Harrison (X-Factor)
Like was there any doubt? This was the highest rated group of any position group. This group led the browns to a SB in S3 and continue to help the Connor led team have a great defense. Something also to note, this is the only best group with all original members. All these guys were starters since day 1. That speaks volumes to the development connor did with this secondary. Didn’t even include Chris Westry who is also a stud.
Also Considered: Bears 92.8, Bengals 88, Bills 87.3, Broncos 88.5, Cards 88, Chiefs 92, Lions 89.3, Pacckers 89.3, Panthers 89, Pats 91, Rams 89.5, Hawks 92.8
Recap:
Best Offensive Line: Saints 86.8
Best Receiving Core: Packers 92.6
Best Defensive Line: Bears 95
Best LB Core: Patriots 86.6
Best Secondary: Browns 95.8