And think of it this way....if you upgraded a position on the field from "average" to "elite" where does it have the most impact?
QB - obvious. If you have an abover average QB it's rare that you don't go bowling even if the rest of your team is mediocre.
DE - if you've got a guy who can consistently beat his guy and put pressure on the QB you're defensemay see marked improvement. For recent example, lookwhat Greg Hardy when healthy did for that OM team in a few games. He was a one-man wrecking crew. In the NFL, look what Julius Peppers did for that Bear defense.
DT - a great one can be disrupt an entire offense - think Fairleyor Suh
MLB - QB of the defense. You need an above average one to generally have a really good defense. Great defenses usually also have an elite MLB ..and this is where losing a guy like CJ hurts assuming he lives up to the hype.
Those are my main ones, here's how I view the other positions:
OL - you need multiple guys. One great tackle and below average guys everywhere else do you no good. You can get away with a strong half (lots of teams run mostly to one side or the other)..but it takes more than one guy here to make a big impact
WR - has to be immensely special, and would usually be reserved for the 6'3+ guys (AJ Green recent SEC example) or be Top 5 national return guy (like a Harvin)
RB- so dependant on his OL, has to be elite to make a mark on his own.
CB - has to be shutdown and there are only a handful of guys like that exist and they arehard to project. Remember Pegues was supposed to be one as well. But so many teams run the spread now that one good corner doesn't have the overall impact it once had.
S - he better be Ed Reed and just an absolute monster. But this position is probably next b/c they do so much pass and run support that a great one can really boost you.
OLB - you certainly want good ones...but having a great OLB compared to an average ones doesn't give you the overall boost compared to other positions
QB - obvious. If you have an abover average QB it's rare that you don't go bowling even if the rest of your team is mediocre.
DE - if you've got a guy who can consistently beat his guy and put pressure on the QB you're defensemay see marked improvement. For recent example, lookwhat Greg Hardy when healthy did for that OM team in a few games. He was a one-man wrecking crew. In the NFL, look what Julius Peppers did for that Bear defense.
DT - a great one can be disrupt an entire offense - think Fairleyor Suh
MLB - QB of the defense. You need an above average one to generally have a really good defense. Great defenses usually also have an elite MLB ..and this is where losing a guy like CJ hurts assuming he lives up to the hype.
Those are my main ones, here's how I view the other positions:
OL - you need multiple guys. One great tackle and below average guys everywhere else do you no good. You can get away with a strong half (lots of teams run mostly to one side or the other)..but it takes more than one guy here to make a big impact
WR - has to be immensely special, and would usually be reserved for the 6'3+ guys (AJ Green recent SEC example) or be Top 5 national return guy (like a Harvin)
RB- so dependant on his OL, has to be elite to make a mark on his own.
CB - has to be shutdown and there are only a handful of guys like that exist and they arehard to project. Remember Pegues was supposed to be one as well. But so many teams run the spread now that one good corner doesn't have the overall impact it once had.
S - he better be Ed Reed and just an absolute monster. But this position is probably next b/c they do so much pass and run support that a great one can really boost you.
OLB - you certainly want good ones...but having a great OLB compared to an average ones doesn't give you the overall boost compared to other positions
