Tavern Talk: Final Almost Blue List

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The CEO of the “Simmons Project” called in today to register his complaints about the list, and to offer some advice as the head of the project (along with being vice president of common sense).

So as a good soldier, I saluted smartly and carried out the plan—almost.

We did a podcast today to discuss the suggested changes and have put all of them into effect, except one: I just couldn't move Brandon Marshall down to almost blue status.

With that said, here are the other changes to the list. We'll be ready to make the list by teams, assigning our point value to the positions.

So the Blue CEO has made the following calls:

 

Blue: Kampman, Samuel, Gamble

 

Almost blue: Palmer, Marshall, Winslow, Daniels

OFFENSE

QB (10): Brady, Roethlisberger, P. Manning, Rivers, Romo, McNabb, Cutler, Rogers, Brees, Warner

RB (10): Slaton, Jones-Drew, Tomlinson, C. Johnson, Westbrook, Portis, Forte, Peterson, Turner, D. Williams

TE (4): Clark, Gates, Witten, Gonzalez

WR (11): Evans, Moss, A. Johnson, Wayne, Marshall, C. Johnson, Jennings, R. White, S. Smith, Bryant, Fitzgerald

OT (8): Long, Roos, Thomas, Clady, Peters, McKinnie, Gross, W. Jones

OG (3): Mankins, Snee, Hutchinson

OC (1): Mangold

PUNTERS (2): Lechler, Scifres

SPECIALISTS (5): McKelvin, Washington, Welker, Hester, Cribbs

DEFENSE

DE (10): Freeney, M. Willliams, Ware, Tuck, Umenyiora, Jenkins, Cole, Allen, Abraham, Peppers

DT (10): Henderson, Rogers, Wilfolk, Jenkins, Ngata, A. Smith, Ratliff, Haynesworth, Williams, Dockett

ILB (6): Mayo, Pierce, Beason, Vilma, Rudd, Willis

OLB (6): Suggs, Porter, Woodley, Harrison, Merriman, Kampman

CB (10): Finnegan, Revis, Mathis, Asomugha, Rogers, Winfield, Woodson, Clements, Samuels, Gamble

S (5): Sanders, Reed, Polamalu, Landry, Wilson

 

MY FINAL ALMOST BLUE LIST...CHANGES ARE IN BOLD

OFFENSE

QB (4): Ryan, Hasselbeck, Manning, Palmer

RB (5): Lynch, R. Brown, L. Johnson, F. Jones, S. Jackson

FB (1): McClain

TE (3): Cooley, Winslow, Daniels

WR (11): Owens, Holmes, D. Jackson, S. Moss, Driver, Berrian, Colston, Moore, Boldin, C. Ochocinco, Royal.

OT (5): Light, Albert, Otah, Penn, Staley

OG (3): Pitts, L. Davis, Steinbach (removed S. Andrews; too unpredictable in terms of playing

C (3): Gurode, O’Hara, Birk

RS (1): Parrish

Punter/Kicker (7): Janikowski, Reed, Gould, Hansen, Gostkowski, Lee, Jones.

DEFENSE

DE (3): Seymour, Mathis, Vanden Bosch

DT (7): Stroud, Hampton, T. Brown, J. Williams, P. Williams, D. Lewis, Mebane

ILB (7): B. Scott, R. Lewis, Ryans, Urlacher, Barnett, Tatupu, Posluszny

OLB (6): A. Thomas, Bulluck, Briggs, E. Sims, Dansby, Pace

CB (13): J. Joseph, L. Hall, E. Wright, Robinson, M. Jackson, Bailey, A. Cromartie, Newman, Webster, Harris, Rodgers-Cromartie, Trufant, Jammer

S (6): R. Nelson, Griffin, Horton, Phillips, Whitner, T. Jackson

 

Now the list is final, and we can move on to the team rankings.

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