Build around a average young qb ideas?

[outlawz1979]

Anybody building around a somewhat average qb like the Seahawks might be doing? I'm not talking about Dennis Dixon etc like the colt Brennan type guys or a cast off or soon to be cast off any ideas thanks

[kiz5]

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Play with an old guy, and draft a rookie?

[BuzzKardzrool]

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Kevin Kolb, Matt Moore, Chad Henne.

[cnowak]

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I'm building around J.Skelton of the Cardinals, in my offline Chiefs franchise

[Sort of Irish]

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Signed Alex Smith to a pretty long term deal when the Niners let him go to free agency.

[Gordy748]

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Am playing the Seahawks in my first franchise year. QB position is a definite problem.

I've kept Hasselbeck but released Whitehurst. The best thing to do is go to the Free Agents and sign Robert You (the Make A Wish kid, FYI) on a long term contract. It's a little cheezy, but You is 71 OVR with a big arm and good short-mid throw accuracy, which suits my play style perfectly.

End of this season will be a tough choice. Re-sign or release an aging, fading Hasselbeck? Re-signing is delaying the inevitable and not fixing the problem (but it's the easy choice).

The harder one is to cut him and move on, which I'll probably do. In which case I'll try to get a really good halfback to pick up my rushing game (and avoid You's long throw weakness).

Next thing is the gameflow. I've tweaked the Seahawks' offense (actually a great playbook) in favor of shorter throws this year anyway, so next year I'll build up running plays, short throws and take out play action plays (You has poor PA rating and the CPU sees it anyway).

Will see who is available in free agency (in Mad 10 I once saw Payton Manning but couldn't afford him) but if there isn't anyone good, I'll draft the best QB I can and go with another building season. And pray I get an easy schedule!

[Pacman83]

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I've used Tyrod Taylor for one of my franchises. He came in with 75? Short ACC and 70? Mid I used the Pats playbook with a ton of short plays for a speedy #2 WR, it also has decent TE routes and a limited running game-- but still ok. A fairly good line and good back, and you might have an offense based on screens to the HB/WR#2 and a pass catching TE. But obviously you wanna run more with this setup...

[ammofan]

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Matt Moore is great to build around. Same thing with Jimmy Clausen and Tony Pike. I enjoy using all three.

Other than those I would say Chase Daniels(New Orleans).

[tomriddle]

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Anybody building around a somewhat average qb like the Seahawks might be doing? I'm not talking about Dennis Dixon etc like the colt Brennan type guys or a cast off or soon to be cast off any ideas thanks

you have to go oldschool..
-surround him with a dominating defense, basically look at your squad and make sure one core excels don't spread out players all over the field during draft-day

-make sure you have a good Oline

-get a capable RB

-this one is important.. make sure he has a TE and a Slot receiver.. those are his safety nets

it might take 2 or more years to get the team built around him, but it can be done..

edit: and oh, if you're asking who to use/build around/etc that's not really good or great? One word one name... Tim Tebow

[romeosdistress]

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i did one with the bills and corey spiller. drafted landry jones.

[Meast21Forever]

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i actually really like playing with charlie whitehurst. signed him as a backup in my franchise, but mcnabb went down and i won 3 games with whitehurst. he seems more consistently accurate. not sure if i'll build around him, but you could.

also - if you import any ncaa draft classes, the best you'll probably get will be a 'b' potential qb. build around those guys.

[football5680]

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i just like having an elite QB or one with A potential.

[Boling4Humor]

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you have to go oldschool..
-surround him with a dominating defense, basically look at your squad and make sure one core excels don't spread out players all over the field during draft-day

-make sure you have a good Oline

-get a capable RB

-this one is important.. make sure he has a TE and a Slot receiver.. those are his safety nets

it might take 2 or more years to get the team built around him, but it can be done..

edit: and oh, if you're asking who to use/build around/etc that's not really good or great? One word one name... Tim Tebow

^totally love this and yes, Tebow is the perfect candidate for your plans. he's the underdog in everyone's eyes. half the nation thinks he's a bust the other says he will be a star. you should totally take advantage of the hype and decide this.

[tomriddle]

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supposedly Tim Tebow starts to pay off around year 3 or 4

I was lucky in my franchise and won it all in year 2

[Matt44]

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I have just created a cupcake team (replacing the Bills) and traded for Tebow in as QB (and got Eric Decker thrown in).

I released all but four of the computer generated players (none of them allowed to have A potential) and am just in the process of signing a team of free agents, none of which are allowed to be over 80 OVR.

I also am allowing myself two trades a season so have one more trade available before the season starts.

Looking forward to see how Tebow pans out.