I'm sure this has been done before but I'm gonna probably add a few wrinkles.Not only can you pick your base defense, but you can pick sub packages as well as base offense and sub packages as well as coach and coordinators. THESE ARENT NECESSARILY THE BEST PLAYERS BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TEAM. And feel free to project players or coaches into different positions if you feel they could project into a different scheme, position, or time or had previous experience at that position. Here goes.....
I'll start with coaches
Head Coach Chuck Noll
DC Dick LeBeau
OC Bruce Arians (for modern era & Ben)
DL Coach John Mitchell (for my 3-4)
LB Coach Bill Cowher
DB Coach Dom Capers
OL Coach Mike Munchak
WR Coach Tom Moore
RB Coach Dick Hoak
ST Coach Bobby April
Offense
T John Kolb
T Tunch Ilkin
G David Decastro
G Alan Faneca
C Dermonti Dawson (want a center who can pull)
QB Big Ben
WR1 Antonio Brown
WR2 John Stallworth/Hines Ward
Slot Hines Ward
TE Heath Miller
RB Franco Harris/Jerome Bettis they will be my Thunder and lightening
On my 12 personell I'm bringing in Eric Green
On my 3 TE sets I'm bringing in Green and Washington (oh my God the size of Green and Washington in the Jumbo)
My 3rd down back in obvious passing situations I'm bringing in Bell without hesitation
On my 4 receiver sets I'm bringing in Louis Lipps....I want a fast, quick twitch electric guy especially in bunch formations and in my empty sets I'm bringing in both Lipps and Randle El. Lots of trick plays and reverses can be employed
When I want a FB I'm bringing in John Henry Johnson
K The Boz
Punter Josh Miller....our D will be so nasty we want a guy who can pin it in the 20 often
Kick Returner Lynn Chandois
Punt Returner Antonio Brown
Defense (gonna get some blow back here lol). I'm playing a 3-4
My base run defense
NT Hampton
DE Mean Joe
DE Aaron Smith
ILB Jack Lambert my MIKE
ILB Jack Ham (has the speed, coverage skills and IQ to play the BUCK here)
OLB James Harrison
OLB TJ Watt
CB Mel Blount
CB Rod Woodson
SS Troy Polamalu
FS Minka Fitzpatrick
In my nickel, I can bring off Hampton, Smith, and Lambert or Ham and bring in Cam Heyward and LC Greenwood on the line with an added 40 to 50 pounds (LC at 6ft 6, Cam at 6ft5 and Greene at 6ft 4 would have so much length for the front 3).
I can also can rotate Ernie Stautner in there assuming he adds weight and become an OLB or bigger DE). I bring in Carnell Lake for the slot/box...he has size and speed (ran a 4.36). Lots of versatility with him. He had 25 sacks as a Steeler so he can be that blitz slot corner too)
In my dime, It really gets interesting.
In my 3-2-6 I have Cam, Greene, and LC as my lineman with James and TJ as my linebackers but I have a lot of flexibility depending on the offensive substitutions, situation, or look i want to create.....I can sub out Harrison or TJ, bring Ham in there drop him back into coverage and blitz a saftey. I could really have any combo of Harrison/TJ/Lambert/Ham especially when facing an empty set.
In my 4-1-6 I'll put in a combo of Cam/LC/Smith/Mean Joe with any one of Ham/Harrison/TJ/Lambert as my linebacker depending on the match-up or look I want to give. Lambert's added bulk will dictate when he plays and in which formations.
But in my dime I need 6 DBs and here is where the flexibility of Woodson and Lake comes in cause now I can make either one an extra box saftey or slot corner
CB1 Joey Porter (he's a great great press man guy but that's all he is in an all time (just a dime corner)
CB2 Me Blount
FS Fitzpatrick
SS Troy
Extra DBs Woodson and Lake
Here I have tremulous tremendous size and flexibility with my DBs. You can move around Woodson, Lake, Polamalu, Fitzpatrick. It would be a nightmare for opposing teams. We would go 17-0 almost every year
