You are the GM . . .

[Arm of Harm]

You are the GM of an expansion team. This team doesn't have a first round draft pick. Nor is there an expansion draft. Instead, you have your draft picks in rounds 2 - 7, and free agency. In addition, you have the opportunity to select any five current or former NFL players. Whichever five you choose, you will get 21-year-old versions of those players. You could have a 21-year-old Johnny Unitas or Jim Brown, for example. You need to pick your five players before the draft and before you learn who's going to be available in free agency.

Which five players do you choose?

[TacklingDummy]

Tom Brady
Bruce Smith
Reggie White
Dion Sanders
Mike Singletary

[Skooby]

Kent Hull
Darrell Talley
Cornelius Bennett
Tyrod Taylor
OJ (Da Juice man)

[Topas]

Montana
Marshall Faulk
Anthony Munoz
Bruce Smith
Darrell Green

[YardRat]

Are we playing under the current league rules?

[Mr. Pink]

Otto Graham
Jim Brown
Jerry Rice
Dick Butkus
Deion Sanders

[Jan Reimers]

Johnny Unitas
Jim Brown
Jerry Rice
Reggie White
Dick Butkus

[SpikedLemonade]

Tom Brady
Bruce Smith
Reggie White
Dion Sanders
Mike Singletary

"I think your balls are perfect"

[k-oneputt]

Brady
Lawrence Taylor
Bruce
Reggie White
Deion

[Mr. Miyagi]

I started with the most important positions in my opinion (QB, RB, WR, LT, MLB, DE, CB), then take the best in those positions and weigh against best of all time from other positions and narrow them down. This was very difficult.

Joe Montana
Jerry Rice
Anthony Munoz
Ray Lewis
Reggie White

[TacklingDummy]

"I think your balls are perfect"

Hate to say it but he's probably the best QB ever. He's done it with mostly average WRs that seem to change every year. Montana had Rice/Taylor,Clark most of his career.

[TacklingDummy]

Brady
Lawrence Taylor
Bruce
Reggie White
Deion

Good one, I'd take out Singletary and add Taylor to mine. Forgot about LT.

It's all about putting pressure on the opposing QB.

Brady will get the job done on offense.

LT,Bruce, Reggie will crush the QB's with Deion having it locked down.

[k-oneputt]

That's how I have it fiqured out.
Brady can make do with avg. wr's and rb's.
Deion takes away half the field and best wr, while the other three kill the qb.

[Ed]

Brett Favre
Randy Moss
Rob Gronkowski
Bruce Smith
Lawrence Taylor

[gebobs]

Otto Graham

Then I'd waste the other four picks on Taro Tsujimoto, Tom Cousineau, Jiri Dudacek, and Spike Jones (the comedian, not the punter)

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Trying to do this only with players that haven't been taken

Peyton Manning
Tony Gonzalez
Antonio Gates
Ed Reed
Derrick Thomas

[TacklingDummy]

Trying to do this only with players that haven't been taken

Peyton Manning
Tony Gonzalez
Antonio Gates
Ed Reed
Derrick Thomas

2 TEs?

[BidsJr]

1. Peyton Manning
2. Barry Sanders
3. Randy Moss
4. Reggie White
5. Ray Lewis

[Jaybird]

1) Tom Brady
2) Jerry Rice
3) Barry Sanders
4) Deion Sanders
5) Ray lewis

[YardRat]

Otto Graham--In the argument for best of all time.
Gale Sayers--Pure runner, caught a lot of balls (considering the game at his time), also covers me for KR.
Deacon Jones--The reason why sacks are now a stat, nasty against the run too.
Lawrence Taylor--A pack of wild dogs in one body.
Rod Woodson--Unlike Deion, Woodson was shutdown and loved to hit people and tackle, also covers me for PR.

Hated to not choose an offensive lineman, but defense has always won championships, and always will.