English Path Advice

[loloben]

I am in the first year of the English Path and I have the 1st, 9th, 14th, and 45th overall picks in the first 2 rounds. I know who the good sleepers are but who would you recommend for those four picks

[KeepGoinLeft]

Re: English Path Advice

Well, it kinda depends on what your needs are, but this is who I would pick...

Spoiler

With the 1st I'd choose Jack English. Best player out of everyone IMO. Has 99 Potential with the Field General philosophy.
With the 9th I'd choose Javon Jackson. A GREAT LT, barely lets anyone get by him. If he's not avalible, trade down or choose DJ Crosby, a pretty good WR.
With the 14th I'd choose Juran Riley. He just p'wnes. Plus he's even better as a safety. This is a little high for him to go, so if you want to save money and get extra picks, trade down to the high to mid twentys.
And with the 45th choose Alonzi Simms. He's a monster LB and is even better then Mack Jackson.

[cutter73]

Re: English Path Advice

I'd trade that 1st overall pick and try and get a lower first rounder that year and a first rounder the following year. That way you pick up 2 1st round picks for one. The next draft class is stacked as well, and you can get a great QB in this draft much later than English. And English is a pain to resign with his character traits.

I have no idea what your needs are, but one thing I can tell you is that man cover corners and good outside linebackers are about the hardest positions to find consistantly. WR's can be taken almost anywhere in the first few draft classes in this path, so I wouldn't go too high with reciver picks.

I'd probably limit myself to 1 or 2 picks in the first round, and only 1 high pick. There is a ton of talent in this draft in the low rounds that are as good or better than the players you draft in the first round. And they cost a lot less on their first contract. The salary cap will eat you alive with too many first round picks, especially if you do a lot of free agent signings. I recommend trading to keep costs down, and if you already have a lot of picks in this years later rounds, stock up on picks for next year. It's stacked in pretty much the same way as this one is.

[loloben]

Re: English Path Advice

I got English and Javon Jackson with my 1st rounders.
I got Drew Goldman in the 3rd round.
I got Boma and Dexter Knox in the 4th round.
I got James and Bellows in the 5th and 6th rounds

[bsurocksrule]

Re: English Path Advice

You must take Jack English if you have the cap room available. He's arguably the best player in the whole game. WAY better than Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.

Yes, then go for Javon Jackson.
If you don't have a second or third rounder, pick Leron James. He can do everything.

[cutter73]

Re: English Path Advice

I wouldn't say "Must" take English. I've taken him once, and on the whole, I'd rather have Dane Morrow any day of the week over English. There are a couple QB's I've taken in drafts that I liked better than English.

[bsurocksrule]

Re: English Path Advice

it will take English to develop a few years but after his development is complete he is da best QB.

[samboz19]

Re: English Path Advice

it will take English to develop a few years but after his development is complete he is da best QB.

English is a good one, but he is certainly not the best. Out of all the draft paths...I personally would rather have Trent Stanton or Mike Zazzali in the Zazzali Draft Path. With Motivator purchased Zazzali is truly an other worldly athlete at QB. He has good speed for a QB and while Darius Pryor or Marquan Adams are faster neither of them can hold a fart next to Zazzali when it comes to smashing through D-Line's like a wrecking ball...seriously the guy is damn near impossible to be taken down when he is running upfield. He runs through guys and has a vicious stiff arm. Use him on rollouts...he'll either launch a rocket down field that is on the money or take off running and get the necessary yardage and then some.

Stanton is essentially The Jack English in the Zazzali path although his comparison is Tom Brady instead of Peyton Manning.

Cheers!

[Skarecrow]

Re: English Path Advice

I've had both English and Morrow, and Morrow is the one I'd take for one reason: he's like 1/4 the price for damn near as good a field general as English.

I had English in my Falcons franchise, and he never really panned out. He lost out on rookie of the year to Morrow on the Bucc's (who were a fricken dynasty powerhouse every year in that franchise. ugh). He definately never put up the ungodly numbers for me that I was expecting from his reputation. Because of this, my next franchise with the Panthers, I took Morrow and my results were roughly similar to English.

Neither one of them has really been the passing success as either one of my two Steelers franchises headed by Big Ben, who has a potential way below either Dane or Jack, but Ben makes the plays for me when it counts just about every time.

[pat499]

Re: English Path Advice

Well on my chiefs career, I had the 32nd pick and the team wanted me to choose some guy named Dane morrow. And I was like no I don't need a qb, I got Chad Pennington so no. Well no one was on the board so I picked morrow. Boy was I glad because he has been better than English in many years and to let y'all know I didn't know how good morrow was so I was so happy.

[Hoovie]

Re: English Path Advice

Ahhh yes, the English draft, aka the 1983 draft.

Spoiler

Jack English = John Elway
Kelly James = Jim Kelly
Dane Morrow = Dan Marino

Just in case you didn't know.