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I saw this on Sports Illustrated this afternoon and thought this might be a great idea. Many of us think we have a great feel for how to create a football team. I personally adhere to the philosophy that it starts with a great QB then a line (particulary LT) to block for him followed by a DE to get to the opposing's team QB. But I'm open to the idea that there is more than one way to "skin a cat."
SI created this challenge for TWO of its writers (Lombardi & Brooks):
For the inaugural SI.com Salary Cap Roster Challenge, we gave our personnel experts Michael Lombardi and Bucky Brooks $116 million apiece and told them to go build a team, using current players' 2008 cap numbers. Here is Michael's team and here is Bucky's team. We then asked resident handicapper Dr. Z to break down each man's team and simulate a game between the two squads. Here is Dr. Z's breakdown.
Additionally, there were a few other ground rules:
• To include the 2008 rookies, the majority of whom have not signed yet, the following salaries were assigned to rookies based on their draft status: $2 million for first-rounders, $1 million for second-rounders, $500,000 for third-rounders, $400K for fourth-rounders, $350K for fifth-rounders and $300K for sixth- and seventh-rounders and undrafted free agents.
• To ensure no player appeared on both rosters, Lombardi and Brooks turned in their rosters to a third party, who then had them change the duplicate players. This process was repeated until both rosters were unique.
• To better define strategy and to complete the team, Lombardi and Brooks were instructed to pick a coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator.
Here's EVERYONE's attempt at showing their GM skills...
... GO! 
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