All NFC East team (as of now)

[CowboyMike]

You kiddin me? I could name 5 better players in the division.

I thought the same exact thing.. even in a 3-4 I'm sure JPP could cause havoc.

5 better pass rushers, yes, but not 3-4 defensive ends. A 3-4 DE's responsibility is to occupy blockers to let the OLBs run free and run stopping, then pass rushing. I think Spears and Bowen are the best at doing that. Plus, Ratliff has always been better playing next to Spears because Spears takes up double teams. I considered Hatcher, Canty, and Tuck for this role as well, but I don't trust Hatcher's run stopping yet and I felt the defense was better last year when Spears was a starter in place for the injured Hatcher. I can go into my thoughts on what I think Rob Ryan was trying to do with Spears, but that would be pretty long and not related to this. I think Canty might be a better 3-4 End than Bowen, but again, character was a major consideration for my list, and in that department, both Canty and Tuck lost out.

JPP could cause havoc in a 3-4... but not on the line. He's ten pounds lighter than Ware. He'd be a good OLB, but would not last long as a 3-4 defensive end. He'd get swallowed up and his talents wouldn't be used very well. The reason JPP is not on my list is that at this time, I think Orakpo is a better 3-4 OLB than JPP would be.

 

[Nova]

First string (second strin)

QB - Eli (Romo)

FB - Lawrence Vickers (Mike Sellers)

RB - McCoy (Murray, Bradshaw)

WR - Nicks, Bryant at X,Y-- Cruz (in the slot, because he's shifty)

TE - Witten (...huge drop off)

LT - Jason Peters (Tyron Smith)

LG - Evan Mathis (???)

C- Cook (???)

RG- Snee (???)

RT- Doug Free (Herremans)


Hard to make an All NFCE
defense when two teams play a 3-4 and the other two play pretty
different styles of a 4-3 (the wide nine variant), thus some players will be out of position to make the best possible defense out of the NFCE I can think of, utilizing what's there.

43 defense.


DT-- Cullen Jenkins, Ratliff (Canty, Cofield)

DE - JPP, Ware (Umenyiora, Cole)

SAM-- Sean Lee (Ryan Kerrigan)

MIKE-- London Fletcher (???)

WILL-- Michael Boley (I guess, Brian Rolle)

CB - Asomugha, Carr, Webster (DRC, Jenkins)

S- Phillips, Otogwe (???) really the S position is weak around the league with a few quality options here and there... the NFCE is really devoid of quality safeties.


K-- Dan Bailey
P-- Sav Rocca

 

[EJ Blue]

Rolle and Phillips are best safeties in the division? yikes.

 

[TheFinisher]

QB- Manning
RB- McCoy
FB- Vickers
TE- Witten
WR1- Nicks
WR2- Dez
OT- Tyron
OG- Evan Mathis
C- ??
OG- ??
OT- Trent Williams (Jason Peters when healthy)

DE- JPP
DE- Trent Cole
DE- Tuck
DT- Bowen
DT- Canty

OLB- Ware
OLB- Orakpo
ILB- Lee
ILB- Ryans
ILB- Fletcher

CB- Nnamdi
CB- Carr
CB- Webster

S- Rolle
S- Phillips

 

[Nova]

Rolle and Phillips are best safeties in the division? yikes.

Rolle was pretty terrible last year, but he's a big name... I guess? Phillips is pretty good when healthy.

But as I mentioned, safety talent pool is depleted in the NFL.

 

[Ring Leader]

I stopped reading at Eli.