Okay, here it is.
I'm building a 3-4 that wants basically 3 Space Eating DL up front, and 8 Speed Demons everywhere else. Of course an emphasis on Pass Rush/Run Stop + Tackle Speed Demons at LB and Coverage Speed Demons in the Secondary.
On Offense I'm almost to the point of saying Run Only, but my OL isn't good enough yet so I've added Play Action and a few passes that have seemed to worked for some reason or another.
I have a 1st, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th this year (my 2nd was sent off to get my DT, so I could move my 2 DT's out to LDE and RDE).
There are no great DL in this Draft, and to be honest I'm rather happy with my DL. Powell and Sexton will be Stars, and while I could upgrade the other DE he's more than serviceable.
I hurt my Safeties because I wanted to add more Speed to LB and my Corp of LB was really just 1 guy. My Safeties are still 70, so they are okay but just nothing special like they were. My leading Tackler is a LB... but he got most of those playing Safety before being moved to mix things up. Also, the OLB that was a S doesn't grade well, moving him back to S would be a good move but I need a LB to do that.
My CBs are not very spectacular. In fact they both got the most targets, allowed the most catches, and had a ton of Tackles because people would end up air raiding on me and attack the CBs even after I down graded the Safeties.
So, to this 2023 Draft in MFN-7.
On Offense, the Pick would simply have to be an OL, and I don't have a 2nd Rounder. I'll be picking in the Top 7. The benefit of a Top 7 OL is that the 3 I am seeing will Max STR, RB and PB. The PB is important if I want to continue Play Action and a small few other passes that have worked. My real focus in on STR and Run Blocking, but if you can add a 5-Tool (baseball expression) guy, you do it. I also have two light-weights at RG and RT who have great STR and RB, but are RB/WR moved to those spots. They are the best options FOR NOW, but I'd love to move them out to TE/WR as I get enough Quality OL with STR/RB to replace them.
But that leads to the question of how much impact will 1 OL make.
I could get the CB, he's really good... but CBs tend to go higher. He also has the benefit of being a Return Man, which could help me in Punt Return where people have problems (but my RB, a Converted TE, did house a Punt in limited Returns, he's a 99 Speed/99 STR/99 ACC kind of guy, I moved him to RB because he just wasn't getting the Targets nor Breaking Tackles despite being High Break Tackle as a TE).
I could take the All-World TE like I did last Season, which WOULD improve blocking. But I'm 3 Deep at Good Run Blocking TE. None are special like this guy, but I had a Special TE last Season that I moved because he wasn't getting Targets despite me making the entire Play Book TE1 First Options, and he wasn't breaking tackles after Catches either. So I'm worried another Great TE will just turn into another Great RB instead, and that doesn't help improve Blocking.
In the 3rd and Later I can simply Target the STR/Run Block guys that **** at PB and won't be generally targeted... but the 1st Pick MUST be a Splash Pick.
So there is Defense. Where 2 Safeties and 3 LBs stand above the rest. Any of the LBs can move to the OLB spot, moving one of my Old Safeties who isn't grading well at LB back to S. Fix 2 Positions at once.
All of the Defenders, except for the CB who is 92 SPD/92 ACC, are 100/100 guys.
Of course, picking 6th in this Draft will absolutely nail me ONE of the guys on my Short List... so there is that. But it's the Order I put them in that will matter... in case some one falls unexpectedly.
Also I know all these 100's won't stay there, my TE lost some once I got him, but he's got enough 99-100 Abilities that it doesn't matter, he's still a Great Player.
There are 8 Players I am looking at Targetting with my First Pick, which should be somewhere between 4th and 6th.
In order of Highest Potential (based on my current Weights for Balanced Play) they are:
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":6068}'>Norman Schnieders</a>
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":5914}'>Richard Bradford</a>
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":6090}'>Pete Barrick</a>
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":5825}'>Jody Chapin</a>
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":6089}'>Phillip Bolden</a>
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":6092}'>Joshua Velasquez</a>
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":5905}'>Samuel Shepherd</a>
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":6034}'>Benjamin Campbell</a>
There is also a Franchise QB as well, but (1) my QB is rather good on the Abilities, but a less than 90 Arm Strength may be hurting him and (2) I'm really Run Focused right now. QB might have the least impact on my upcoming Season of all 24 Starting Positions (including K/P).
<a class="player_card" rel='{"id":5968}'>Edward Reed</a>
Reed is the Rookie QB out there.
Well, this has gotten very long and my internet is starting to act up on other pages, so I'll TL;DR this and hope for some responses.
Upcoming Draft, Most Impact.
Add an OL that is a beast.
Add a TE that is a beast.
Add a S that is a beast.
Add a CB that is a beast.
Add a LB that is a Beast, and moves a Beast S back to S.
Upgrade Franchise QB.