It's the offseason.
Tried to stick with a 53-man roster. I could ditch the backups at K/P for some more skill position players, particularly on WR, but we don't have many good NFL WRs. Our offense would be rather run heavy to say the least if this was an actual team. Wouldn't work very well in the NFL of 2021.
I've based this longevity, empiricals like stats and faux-metrics like wins above replacement type stuff, eye test, and a few other key issues. It's tough saying that someone from the 1930s "deserves" to be on the team today, because they'd get crushed by someone like Leonard Davis, but I'm trying to take their performance versus contemporaries into account. I didn't really pay attention to draft position, or whether they switched positions a bunch (like from T to G on the OL) because they're still seen as all-time Texas greats either way.
QB - C+
1. Bobby Layne
2. VY (believe it or not)
3. Simms (again... this wasn't a great position)
Honorable mention - Colt
RB - A+
1. Earl
2. Priest
3. Jamaal
4. Ricky
Honorable mention - Leaks, Cedric Benson
TE - C-
1. Pete Lammons
2. Jermichael Finley
3. Ray Poage
4. (tie) Kerry and Keith Cash
Honorable mention - Bo Scaife, Terry Orr
WR - D
1. George Sauer
2. Roy Williams
3. Lam Jones
4. Alfred Jackson
Honorable mention - Herkie Walls, Marquise Goodwin
OL (tough to pin down right/left side or which guys would make a better "unit." So I'm just going off of best OL guys ever). A-
1. Ox Emerson (1930s)
2. Jerry Sisemore
3. Bob Young
4. Leonard Davis
5. Harley Sewell (even though he was more O and D)
6. Dave Studdard
7. Lyle Sendlein
8. Mike Baab
Honorable mention - John Ayers, Blake Brockermeyer, Howard Fest, Justin Blalock, Dan Neil, Bob McKay, Derrick Dockery
DE/Pass Rush OLB - B+
1. Brackens
2. Orakpo
3. Kenneth Sims
4. Brian Robison
Honorable mention - Larry Stephens, Henry Melton, Alex Okafor, Sam Acho
DT/Interior DL (mostly) - A+
1. Steve McMichael
2. Bud McFadin
3. Casey Hampton
4. Doug English
5. Diron Talbert
6. Shaun Rogers
Honorable mention - John Elliott, Shane Dronett, Cory Redding, John Elliott, Malcom Brown, Roy Miller
LB (like the ILB's in a 3-4 or any position if it's 4-3 but not really the "DE" type guys) - B-
1. Nobis
2. DJ
3. Winfred Tubbs
4. Bruce Scholtz
Honorable mention - Jordan Hicks, Britt Hager, Olen Underwood
DB - A+ (like it even needs to be said)
1. Bobby Dillon
2. Earl Thomas
3. Raymond Clayborn
4. Jerry Gray
5. Bill Bradley
6. Quentin Jammer
7. Michael Griffin
8. Stanley Richard
9. Johnnie Johnson
Honorable mention - Glenn Blackwood, Diggs, Vasher, Huff
K
1. Tucker
2. Dawson
Honorable mention - Raul Allegre
P
1. Erxleben
2. Dickson
Honorable mention - John Teltschik
APB
1. Metcalf - couldn't figure where to put him on offense. Maybe just KR.
2. Tom Landry
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