Ultimate Building Blocks: NFC East

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

I did not say Manning belongs on the list. I said that I would not put Campbell on the list over Manning.

BTW, if I had to pick one of them, then I'd pick Eli because winning a Super Bowl is a very big deal and a qualifier IMO whereas Campbell hasn't done jack.

Since you think Campbell belongs on the list, would you like to try to explain why Redskins management tried twice to get rid of Campbell during the off-season, then?

I read the rest of the thread and I don't think your explanations are valid. I just think you are dead wrong about Ware and Samuel not belonging on that list. As for Orakpo, putting anyone on the list who hasn't played a down in the NFL is absurd.

That's fair. I would, though, and I defended it.

I still think winning a SB is a bad defense for the question at hand. Since the topic is building blocks, we could theoretically just throw out all team-related achievements since you'd be taking him off the team in the hypothetical. Jason has better fundamentals, and their statistics are pretty close, so I'd go with Jason. Again, it's pretty close between the two of them, so I'm not saying DON'T go with Eli, just that, I would not.

I would not like to try to explain the inner workings of the front office. I don't suppose you would either.

The cold truth is: if you gave me only TEN NFC East players to build an expansion franchise around, just ten, Samuel and Ware would not be on mine. This is different from saying that they are/aren't among the ten best players in the division. One of them is, one of them isn't. But either way, you have to weigh the quality of the talent against the value of loading up too much talent at a single position against simply having the best ten guys.

And Orakpo was on Mosley's list as well. Maybe that doesn't make it any less absurd, but his birth date is a great reason for using him instead of Ware as the team's primary pass rusher.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I would not like to try to explain the inner workings of the front office. I don't suppose you would either.

No, I wouldn't (I didn't think I'd be able to catch you on that one ).