Built in the Trenches

[TheDMG]

I generally pride myself on building my team from the lines out, but my current franchise in the English path is just ridiculous, even for that path.

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Currently I've got an offensive line that from right to left that goes Selvin Lankford (96/97), Peter Boma (93/94), Ron Brown (95/95), Patrick Boma (94/94) and Javon Jackson (97/98). Peter just stepped in for Trae Harris who was a 95/95 before I traded him last draft.

The D Line is led by the Miami Monsters in the Middle, Alain Dixon (95/95) and Quincy Sims (94/97). 2nd year LE Kibo Bakari's the weak link at 89/93 and the line is rounded out by Mario Williams who I want to say is 91/93. I had intended to finish the line out with Xavier Cox instead of Williams but I was unable to deal up for him despite ridiculous amounts of trade bait and the Dolphins still won't part with the X-Factor, so I had to settle for the best player from my favorite team. There's also an an 88/89 DE (M Valley State from English year 1) who was the starter before Super Mario showed up and the ever-ready Tony Bake as well. Behind the

What are some of the scariest lines you've built, offensive or defensive? I thought I'd had some nasty ones before but nothing like this.

[cloudedskate]

How much of your cap is devoted to your line? It sounds like you have more than a few top 10 picks in there.

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

I had an o-line with the 49ers that was stacked. D'Brickashaw Ferguson at LT, Tyler Fordham (93 I think), Joe Staley at center, Shawn Andrews at RG and Jordan Gross at RT.

All in all, I think it was 95/93/89/96/93.

[fahrenheit]

Right now I have a pretty solid O line with my jets career. I'm only in my second year and I have Faneca 94-96 RG , Mangold C 93?, a big name Free Agent sign I cant remember ( RT 95/95 I believe). R Owens 91 for RG and Geoff Shaffer 89 for RT. Opens up huge holes but Thomas Jones turns 90 degrees on a dime if someone appears in front of him.

For your defensive line, how much pressure do you get and how effective is it? I've tried to build a good D Line but it never goes past a mediocre line despite great ratings.

[hawkeye2188]

With the Colts i took Faneca and Jake scott in FA, so the line is Ugoh, Faneca, Saturday, Scott, and i dont remember RT.

EDIT: Faneca might be RT.

[killxswitch]

My front 4 on the DL is
LDE: Andre Dalembert (90/94)
LDT: Albert Haynesworth (93/94)
RDT: Thaddeus Cheeks (87/92ish) (before that it was Dre Moore)
RDE: Calais Campbell (88/92)

My OL is pretty good but not ridiculous, my tackles are both 91 and my interior OL is in the high 80s.

My LBs are also ridiculous. Keith Rivers (94 pot), Patrick Willis (95 pot), and Thomas Howard (92 pot). Last season my defense gave up much less than 1000 yards rushing all year.

Eventually all this talent is going to catch up to me cap-wise but I hope to win a few more SBs before then. My 88/94 QB is in a contract year so that'll probably hurt.

[Demonolith]

Keith Rivers and Patrick Willis are gods in this game. Make sure you resign those 2, since great LB's who can cover are a real rarity

[killxswitch]

Quote: Originally Posted by Demonolith

Keith Rivers and Patrick Willis are gods in this game. Make sure you resign those 2, since great LB's who can cover are a real rarity

Yeah I have Rivers locked up for another 4 years and will be resigning Willis next year. They're amazing. Though I wish there was a way I could change Rivers to a SS, which does a lot in my defense. He's a 96 POT there and would be cheaper to resign.