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Saw it on an Instagram post, which of these core-5 players would you take? All are 25 and younger. 

Dallas Cowboys: Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, Amari Cooper, Jaylon Smith, Leighton Vander Esch.

Cleveland Browns: Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, David Njoku, Myles Garrett, Denzel Ward. 

Chicago Bears: Mitch Trubisky, Tarik Cohen, Allen Robinson, Roquan Smith, Eddie Jackson. 

LA Chargers: Hunter Henry, Michael Williams, Derwin James, Joey Bosa, Desmond King.

LA Rams: Jared Goff, Todd Gurley, Brandin Cooks, John Johnson, Samson Ebukam.

Philadelphia Eagles: 

A) Feel free to substitute players in or out, but they must be 25 or younger and don’t count if they aren’t in the 5.

B) Because some groups include QBs and some don’t, we’ll talk about the group from a talent perspective. Weigh positional value too, but this isn’t a “starting a team from scratch” topic.

C) Feel free to include other teams if they’re up to snuff! No rookies, though. 

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11 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said:

Saw it on an Instagram post, which of these core-5 players would you take? All are 25 and younger. 

Dallas Cowboys: Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, Amari Cooper, Jaylon Smith, Leighton Vander Esch.

Cleveland Browns: Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, David Njoku, Myles Garrett, Denzel Ward. 

Chicago Bears: Mitch Trubisky, Tarik Cohen, Allen Robinson, Roquan Smith, Eddie Jackson. 

LA Chargers: Hunter Henry, Michael Thomas, Derwin James, Joey Bosa, Desmond King.

LA Rams: Jared Goff, Todd Gurley, Brandin Cooks, John Johnson, Samson Ebukam.

Philadelphia Eagles: 

A) Feel free to substitute players in or out, but they must be 25 or younger and don’t count if they aren’t in the 5.

B) Because some groups include QBs and some don’t, we’ll talk about the group from a talent perspective. Weigh positional value too, but this isn’t a “starting a team from scratch” topic.

C) Feel free to include other teams if they’re up to snuff! No rookies, though. 

With the Browns you could take Chubb out and put Kareem Hunt in, that is if he can get his S together.  

 

Across the board talent would have to go with the Cowboys, they got it at almost all the positions. Could add Collins at OT and Awuzie as well to that list.  But looking at it more outside of QB the Saints are by far the deepest in terms of overall youth depth, and Michael Thomas is 26 would be case closed if he made that age cut.

Saints:  Alvin Kamara, M. Davenport, R. Ramczyk, M. Lattimore, Marcus Williams, Eli Apple, Anzalone 

 

 

 

Bucs have Jameis Winston, Mike Evans, OJ Howard, Chris Godwin, Vita Vea, Hargreaves,  Carlton Davis, Jordan Whitehead that is pretty good especially those first three on offense.  

 

Jaguars have Jalen Ramsey, Fournette, Yannick Ngakoue, Myles Jack, Ronnie Harrison, Cam Robinson, Dede Westbrook.  That is pretty damn good especially the first four.

 

The Chiefs would have Mahomes, Chris Jones, Kendall Fuller and Tyreek Hill but Hill's career might be over because of his off the field stuff will see.  

 

 

The Vikings oddly enough have D. Hunter, S. Diggs, D. Cook, P. Elflein, and M. Hughes.  Did not think Diggs was that young actually.  

Ravens Lamar Jackson, R. Stanley, L. Humphrey, Orlando Brown Jr and Mark Andrews

49ers George Kittle, Buckner, F. Warner, K. Alexander, Armstead, Witherspoon, Solomon Thomas

 

 

 

Hard list to do because of course people will look at the QB and put more importance on having a good young one.  And usually teams will have a few guys that young and decent, ultimately all that matters is does that win.  A strong young corner does not always mean success as a team of course in the future.  

 

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49 minutes ago, HTTRG3Dynasty said:

No rookies for this, apparently.  Who would you pick instead?

 

45 minutes ago, Danger said:

That's kind of silly... 

Unfortunately without the ability to pick rookies I'm gonna have to pick Isaac Seumalo. Sigh.

I say no rookies because they’re unproven and will be heavily over/under valued by either certain fan bases or certain evaluators. 

I was trying to pick some for the Eagles but, similar to you, ran out of high end guys that’d make them 5-deep like some of the other teams. 

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For me, the Browns easily.

Giants could be up there, especially if Daniel Jones pans out. Saquon Barkley, Jabrill Peppers, Will Hernandez, Lorenzo Carter, BJ Hill, Evan Engram, Aldrick Rosas are all non-rookies, all under 26 years old. More potential than proven talent, and it isn't up there with those top groups, but I think it is worth mentioning.

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7 hours ago, HTTRG3Dynasty said:

Redskins: Landon Collins, Jonathan Allen, Da'ron Payne, Matt Ioannidis, Derrius Guice

Could include Ryan Anderson along with Ross Pierschbacher and Adonnis Alexander they turn out.  But yeah throw Haskins into that mix if he is good and that is a fine group but right now Guice is a question mark and so is Haskins, will see how he does.  Landon Collins is a baller so they got a steal there and Sweat should be great and will open things up even more for Payne and Allen.  

Dang they have 5 Alabama defensive players and all play a good amount outside of Hamilton but that could change.  

 

 

Saints and Cowboys have it currently though outside of incoming rookies.  Both groups could easily have four Pro Bowl players, no other two teams could say that potentially.  That does depend on if Davenport turns out and I imagine he will or if Dak can develop and that might not happen based on he probably has already peaked but will see.  

 

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40 minutes ago, Blackstar12 said:

Colts: Leonard, Q. Nelson, Kenny Moore, B. Smith, Mack.

Ballard rocked the 2018 draft.

Yeah the Colts have one heck of a roster regardless of age.  That OL is very solid across the board, great signing with Doyle at TE and Ross Travis has a ton of upside as a TE or big body WR.  Hines is a great backup RB and Mack is a solid starter who can grind.  Not a huge fan of Funchess but they got Paris Campbell and he should do very well there.  On D adding Justin Houston will be huge, if he can stay healthy should really help the pass rush, and Banogu I like as a rookie.  Okereke is talented also not to mention Ski Moore.  The corners are solid and underrated with Moore and Desir.  Then you have Rock who could be good, Jalen Collins as a backup and Quincy Wilson.

In terms of Leonard, I would be a little shocked if he keeps up the production he had as a rookie.  I doubt he will consistently be that great throughout his career even if the defensive is designed for the LBs to make tackles, teams will figure it out as they did late in the playoffs last year.  Runs to the ball, is athletic but again will be super hard to keep that production up like a Luke Kuechly, a player he is just simply not as good as.  Talented roster for sure and should be a lock playoff team.  

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