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Since I am dorky enough to play Strat-O-Matic football, I will use my actual team name in that league, so the QB for my Annapolis Warbirds would also be Aaron Rodgers.

I think my second guy would be Matt Ryan and third would be Kevin Kolb.

Last on my list....the one who is last on the list.... Alex Smith. I really do not feel like constantly trying to get a guy to learn the snap from center. If I got stuck with Alex Smith, then I would become the first NFL team in 68 years to run the wing T. Or something like that.

Originally Posted by Polishguy00

Since I am dorky enough to play Strat-O-Matic football, I will use my actual team name in that league, so the QB for my Annapolis Warbirds would also be Aaron Rodgers.

I think my second guy would be Matt Ryan and third would be Kevin Kolb.

Last on my list....the one who is last on the list.... Alex Smith. I really do not feel like constantly trying to get a guy to learn the snap from center. If I got stuck with Alex Smith, then I would become the first NFL team in 68 years to run the wing T. Or something like that.

I like that you're locating your team in Annapolis, but how about calling them the Midshipmen!

I would take Willie Beamen as QB for my Amsterdam Spliffs. I saw his movie biography a few years ago and was blown away. Did you know he was coached by Al Pacino at one point? CRAZY.

Give me Aaron Rodgers, that new stadium in LA, and for a name - let's go old school (for those who know their AFL history) with the Los Angeles Wildcats

And throw the 'Cats in the NFC West so they have the best chance of getting to the playoffs in their first year :-D

With the first pick in the expansion draft the Honolulu Beach Bums select Aaron Rodgers, then immediately trade him back to the Packers for Bryan Bulaga and first round picks in '11 and '13.

If I was taking a QB for my own use I would take Matt Ryan. But I don't want a QB this year, I want an offensive line, so I take Rodgers for trade value. I'll try to find a hidden gem, Eddie LaBaron type to play QB for a year or two until my offensive line is good enough that I don't David Carr the face of my franchise (points for using David Carr as a verb?).

For the record, the Beach Bums will not have a stadium. All games played on the beach. Our mascot will be drink with a tiny umbrella.

Well, thanks. Count me in, Mr. Commisioner.

Mexico is long overdue for more than an exhibition or a single reg-season game. Mexican NFL fans rock and are, let's say, more than a few, way more than in Europe.

So... I give you: the Monterrey... um... let's go with Warriors, since all the cool birds and cats have been taken. Although I live in Mexico City, it certainly makes more sense to have a team closer to the border, hence the Monterrey choice.

QB? That's easy. Mark Sánchez!

Boy Andy, the trillion dollars just went to your head!

Andy totally gets bonus points for using David Carr as a verb.

Originally Posted by agetroi

Well, thanks. Count me in, Mr. Commisioner.

Mexico is long overdue for more than exhibition or a single reg-season game. Mexican NFL fans rock and are, let's say, more than a few, way more than in Europe.

So... I give you: the Monterrey... um... let's go with Warriors, since all the cool birds and cats have been taken. Although I live in Mexico City, it certainly makes more sense to have a team closer to the border, hence the Monterrey choice.

QB? That's easy. Mark Sánchez!

I like it, except Sanchez will be so popular, you'll have to give him ownership in the team.

With the First pick the London Bombers Select Phillip Rivers. And with my next couple of picks.. We are building in the trench and hoping too many of them don't get caught in the English WAG circuit.

The Las Vegas Gamblers select @ QB - Tony Romo. Local hotel establishments will have a yearly auction to the highest bidder for the responsibility of hosting visiting team players and providing entertainment / companionship and disrupting curfew in any way possible.

Bad news. Mark Sanchez just called. He's stuck at Andy's beach. He is currently trying to "date" every girl there. Andy's team has the best cheerleaders in the league.

Phil, I had to go with what I actually did. I was seventeen when I named them. I had a model of a Navy F-14 with the skull and crossbones on the tail. They have the helmets of the Ohio Glory. You will be proud to know we have been to the playoffs 9 of 12 years and won a championship behind Kurt Warner, David Boston and the two-headed giant backfield of Rickey Watters and Natrone Means.

The Stadium for the Warbirds has an exact replica of the bottom ring of Soldier Field, but we have added an homage to every branch of the armed forces to each side. It may or may not be true that we used some of our money to secure an undisclosed location to um... take the McCaskey family to. Nothing harsh, just they no longer have the ability to mishandle a football team, a stadium lease, the handling of veteran players or tickets for long time season holders. Also, no PSLs at my stadium. I'm a trillionaire.

Offensive line is exactly where I would want to start as well. David Carr may have actually been a good quarterback had his confidence and body not been beaten like a heavy bag at the local gym. I think if you took any of the all time great QB's this league has ever seen and put them behind an O line like David Carr had, they may have turned out just like Carr did. Hard to throw the ball when you know you are going to get hit before you even take the snap.

If I have to start with a QB though - Aaron Rodgers for the Fargo Woodchippers. Outdoor Stadium too.

Originally Posted by Phil McConkey

I like it, except Sanchez will be so popular, you'll have to give him ownership in the team.

Done. He can also have the new $1-billion dollar stadium named after him (um, investors needed).

Originally Posted by FootballFan

The Las Vegas Gamblers select @ QB - Tony Romo. Local hotel establishments will have a yearly auction to the highest bidder for the responsibility of hosting visiting team players and providing entertainment / companionship and disrupting curfew in any way possible.

FootballFan...As commissioner, I'm afraid I have to void your pick of Tony Romo. He turned 30 this year and your pick has to be under 30. I know this seems like the PGA rules committee, penalizing Dustin Johnson 2 strokes for grounding his club in a sand trap yesterday at Whistling Straights, but the rules are the rules. You do get another choice.

Originally Posted by Polishguy00

Bad news. Mark Sanchez just called. He's stuck at Andy's beach. He is currently trying to "date" every girl there. Andy's team has the best cheerleaders in the league.

Phil, I had to go with what I actually did. I was seventeen when I named them. I had a model of a Navy F-14 with the skull and crossbones on the tail. They have the helmets of the Ohio Glory. You will be proud to know we have been to the playoffs 9 of 12 years and won a championship behind Kurt Warner, David Boston and the two-headed giant backfield of Rickey Watters and Natrone Means.

The Stadium for the Warbirds has an exact replica of the bottom ring of Soldier Field, but we have added an homage to every branch of the armed forces to each side. It may or may not be true that we used some of our money to secure an undisclosed location to um... take the McCaskey family to. Nothing harsh, just they no longer have the ability to mishandle a football team, a stadium lease, the handling of veteran players or tickets for long time season holders. Also, no PSLs at my stadium. I'm a trillionaire.

Nice job on the PSL front, your fans will love you.

The F-14 is the sexiest aircraft ever built. I can't believe they been decommissioned.

TOTALLY off topic - but warbirds is a term that's important to me. Phil - you were a military aviator....probably interested in this.

A little military trivia - Warbird comes from the german WWII messerschmidt ME-262 - sturmvogel - which translates exactly to "warbird". That thing scared the sh*t out of american pilots 65 years ago - it was a fully functional jet fighter/bomber aircraft that was flying at DOUBLE the speed of anything a propeller driven aircraft was capable of. Had the german luftwaffe been able to secure the infrastructure to make that thing a reliable and mass produced machine - the world would be a lot different today. Pretty much every military jet aircraft developed traces back to the designs of that aircraft. If you're ever bored, and interested in this stuff - read about these American pilots and their story. Watson's Whizzers.

http://www.stormbirds.com/squadron/index.htm

Originally Posted by FootballFan

TOTALLY off topic - but warbirds is a term that's important to me. Phil - you were a military aviator....probably interested in this.

A little military trivia - Warbird comes from the german WWII messerschmidt ME-262 - sturmvogel - which translates exactly to "warbird". That thing scared the sh*t out of american pilots 65 years ago - it was a fully functional jet fighter/bomber aircraft that was flying at DOUBLE the speed of anything a propeller driven aircraft was capable of. Had the german luftwaffe been able to secure the infrastructure to make that thing a reliable and mass produced machine - the world would be a lot different today. Pretty much every military jet aircraft developed traces back to the designs of that aircraft. If you're ever bored, and interested in this stuff - read about these American pilots and their story. Watson's Whizzers.

http://www.stormbirds.com/squadron/index.htm

Football and aviation, can't get enough of either. Thanks FootballFan!

Originally Posted by FootballFan

TOTALLY off topic - but warbirds is a term that's important to me. Phil - you were a military aviator....probably interested in this.

A little military trivia - Warbird comes from the german WWII messerschmidt ME-262 - sturmvogel - which translates exactly to "warbird". That thing scared the sh*t out of american pilots 65 years ago - it was a fully functional jet fighter/bomber aircraft that was flying at DOUBLE the speed of anything a propeller driven aircraft was capable of. Had the german luftwaffe been able to secure the infrastructure to make that thing a reliable and mass produced machine - the world would be a lot different today. Pretty much every military jet aircraft developed traces back to the designs of that aircraft. If you're ever bored, and interested in this stuff - read about these American pilots and their story. Watson's Whizzers.

http://www.stormbirds.com/squadron/index.htm

Also, Germany basically ran out of fuel. The jets, the fuel and having available pilots at the time were all things that, thankfully, could not be overcome. The Me-262 was truly a stepping stone into modern aviation.

Originally Posted by Phil McConkey

Football and aviation, can't get enough of either. Thanks FootballFan!

YW! It literally gives me chills to think about what those guys were going through sitting into the cockpit of those german aircraft and flying them for the first time - must have been a hell of lot better than seeing one in flight from the cockpit of a P-47 or some bomber variant - the stories are incredible. BTW - the F-14's adjustable swept wing? One of the first things that freaked out those pilots was seeing the wings move.