[TheDMG]

Ozzie Newsome (can't remember the HC name) is insanely good. He was the GM for my first franchise and it spoiled me rotten. Lemme pull up my downloaded Prima Guide...

...back. I forgot I actually made an Excel file before I started one of my franchises in which I popped in all the teams with GM's over 40 OVR and compared some of their positional coach ratings (as you can see by the highlighting, I was mainly looking for a team with good GM and good OL coach). I've attached that Excel file (rar'd up), but for those without Excel, the top GM's (in overall) are the following:

99 - NE's GM (in real life, this was Scott Pioli; I think his game name is Scott Polo)
92 - San Diego (Real Life: AJ Smith)
88 - Indianapolis (Real Life: Bill Polian)
83 - Pittsburgh (Real Life: Kevin Colbert)
79 - Baltimore (Real Life: Ozzie Newsome)
77 - Minnesota (Real Life: Rick Spielman)
76 - Seattle (Real Life: Tim Ruskell)
73 - Philadelphia (Real Life: Tom Heckert)
65 - New Orleans (Real Life: Mickey Loomis; I think his game name is Mikey something)
63 - New York Giants (Real Life: Jerry Reese; I think his game name is Gary Reese)
60 - New York Jets (Real Life: Mike Tannenbaum)
58 - KC (Real Life: This is when Carl Peterson was still GM)
54 - Miami (Real Life: Technically the real life GM is Jeff Ireland and Bill Parcells is the VP, but the game goes by a Parcells name-changer)
49 - Chicago (Real Life: Jerry Angelo)
48 - Dallas (Real Life: Jerry Jones)
46 - Houston (Real Life: Rick Smith; Game Name Riley Smythe)
41 - Washington (Real Life: Technically Vinny Cerrato, but the game goes on a play of Danny Snyder - Daniel Spyder.)

BTW, my Excel file is missing the Ravens because, as I mentioned above, I'd already played a franchise with them and this was something I made when trying to decide who to start my new one with. I actually went with the Patriots for Pioli and blew up the entire team (by year four I think I only had three original Patriots as I transitioned to a Tampa 2 team) and I think that might be your best bet. If I remember right, he has full potential for all categories.


Hope this helps get you started. I'm curious to see the results.