The regular season has yet to start and there’s already been a ridiculous amount of attrition in these regards–so much, in fact, that we can almost fill out an entire starting lineup each with only players on IR and then players on a suspension. Unfortunately, the overturning of Tom Brady’s suspension really hurt the cause of the All-Suspended team. I guess they can run a bunch of the Wildcat and the wishbone offense, then?
All-IR | All-Suspended | ||
QB | Bruce Gradkowski | RB | Le’Veon Bell |
RB | Robert Turbin | RB | LeGarrette Blount |
FB | James Develin | RB | Ahmad Bradshaw |
TE | Niles Paul | TE | Antonio Gates |
WR | Jordy Nelson | WR | Martavis Bryant |
WR | Kelvin Benjamin | WR | Jerome Simpson |
LT | Ryan Clady | LT | Bobby Massie |
LG | Jon Asamoah | LG | Eben Britton |
C | Daniel Kilgore | C | Craig Watts |
RG | Menelik Watson | RG | RJ Dill |
RT | Phil Loadholt | RT | Oday Aboushi |
DE | Arthur Jones | DE | Derek Wolfe |
DT | Corey Peters | DT | Marcell Dareus |
DE | Ziggy Hood | DT | Sheldon Richardson |
OLB | Dante Fowler, Jr. | DE | Greg Hardy |
ILB | Casey Matthews | LB | Rolando McClain |
ILB | Desmond Bishop | LB | Daryl Washington |
OLB | Junior Galette | LB | Victor Butler |
CB | Orlando Scandrick | CB | Sean Smith |
CB | Senquez Golson | CB | Bashaud Breeland |
SS | Matt Elam | SS | TJ Ward |
FS | Louis Delmas | FS | LaRon Landry |
The All-IR team is also weak at quarterback, but at least they have one. Both teams have a decent amount of talent at the offensive skill positions otherwise. The All-Suspended has some serious talent problems on the O-line, but on the other hand is very deep on the D-line, as the Packers’ suspended duo of Letroy Guion and Datone Jones failed to crack the lineup. The All-IR was given a 3-4 defense to take advantage of their wealth in the edge rushing department, and to cover the fact that they’re really weak at the traditional LB position, something that’s not a problem for the All-Suspended–a squad that also has an edge in the defensive backfield.