Scheme As was the case last year, we'll build an offense that fits within Josh McDaniels' system with the New England Patriots, meaning versatile receivers and running backs who can create mismatches in the passing game. On D, we'll build to suit Jim Schwartz's units, most recently with the Philadelphia Eagles, meaning pressure with our front four while dropping seven into coverage.

Special teams As tempting as it is to fill a team with big-play threats and situational contributors, real teams fill out the back of their rosters with players who contribute on special teams. Our team will do the same.

Team composition Our team starts with 32 picks from the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 drafts, with one player from each round, plus an undrafted free agent. You can try choosing between Todd Gurley and Marcus Peters. (We didn't choose either.) Throw in a 2014 first-rounder playing out his fifth-year option and fill out the rest of the roster with 20 players on veteran contracts.

Team restraints We'll need at least one player -- but no more than three -- from each of the 32 NFL teams. No stocking up on playoff rosters.

Offense Can any D stop this collection of talent? In the modern NFL, everyone who touches the ball needs to be an excellent receiver with a chance of making things happen after the catch. Our offense is built that way, with running backs who are a threat to embarrass linebackers, tight ends who can run over safeties and wideouts capable of both getting open in the tightest of windows and torching cornerbacks over the top. Our offensive line is mobile enough to routinely get to the second level on run-pass options and screens and big enough to bulldoze defensive linemen one-on-one. And the guys throwing them the football have a bit of a healthy rivalry going. Should make for some fun practices. Barnwell spending League average QB 10.3% 20.9% RB 5.8% 9.5% WR 22.2% 23.7% TE 19.5% 9.6% OL 42.3% 36.4%

Quarterback Total spent: $8.7M Carson Wentz, PHI $7.28M Madden rating: 86 Dak Prescott, DAL $725K Madden rating: 82 Brandon Weeden, HOU $720K Madden rating: 62 An MVP-caliber season from Wentz on a rookie deal gets him onto this roster, ACL injury or no ACL injury. He should have plenty of time to throw behind our offensive line, and having Prescott as a fallback plan shouldn't be much of a drop-off. (Or is it the other way around?) The skill sets of these quarterbacks open up the playbook and allow us to torment opposing defensive coordinators with the threat of RPOs, all while combining to make about one-third of Kirk Cousins' 2018 salary. Weeden is essentially a glorified coach as the third-string passer, but that's what people said about our third-stringer last year, Case Keenum, who proved everybody wrong in Minnesota.

Running back Total spent: $4.9M David Johnson, ARI $2.07M Madden rating: 93 Jordan Howard, CHI $692K Madden rating: 85 Alvin Kamara, NO $878K Madden rating: 88 Chase Edmonds, ARI $593K Madden rating: 71 FB Derek Watt, LAC $662K Madden rating: 66 Imagine being able to rotate a Johnson for a fresh Howard, or splitting out Johnson on one side and Kamara on the other and daring teams to try to play man coverage with their linebackers and safeties. These guys aren't bad between the tackles, either, as Howard is just the 20th back since the merger to rack up 1,100 rushing yards or more in each of his first two seasons. Watt is not a bad receiver in his own right, although it'll be tough for him to get touches with the weapons we have. Heck, it might be tough for Kamara to see the ball more than a few times per game, and he's the reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Wide Receiver Total spent: $18.8M Antonio Brown, PIT $7.96M Madden rating: 99 Adam Thielen, MIN $6.1M Madden rating: 88 Tyrell Williams, LAC $2.91M Madden rating: 82 Josh Gordon, CLE $790K Madden rating: 82 Keelan Cole, JAC $556K Madden rating: 79 Saeed Blacknall, OAK $480K Madden rating: NA Our starters were Nos. 2 (Brown) and 7 (Thielen) in yards per route run last season, a testament to how they kept producing despite steady attention from defenses. Thielen's four-year, $19.2 million extension is one of the best veteran contracts in the league. You know them. The other guys are good, too. Gordon led the league in receiving yards in 2013 and was on pace for nearly an 1,100-yard campaign last season after playing in five games post-suspension. Cole was eighth in receiving yards over the second half of the season. Williams is a big-play machine with 15 receptions of 30-plus yards over the past two years, which is tied for seventh in the league.

Tight End Total spent: $16.5M Rob Gronkowski, NE $10.91M Madden rating: 99 Zach Ertz, PHI $4.94M Madden rating: 91 George Kittle, SF $630K Madden rating: 77 Think we could do something with Gronk and Ertz? Their twin abilities as both blockers and receivers free us to run the ball when we have a numbers advantage in the box, or motion them out and isolate mismatches if we don't. The fact that we have two Pro Bowl-caliber tight ends also allows us to limit their snaps, which could be the difference in keeping them both healthy as the season goes along. Kittle also is a promising prospect, though he had the highest drop rate among tight ends (7.9 percent) last season. He'll learn a thing or two here.

Offensive Line Total spent: $35.8M Nate Solder, NYG $10M Madden rating: 83 Quenton Nelson, IND $4.34M Madden rating: 83 Travis Frederick, DAL $6.28M Madden rating: 96 Brandon Scherff, WAS $6.75M Madden rating: 90 Lane Johnson, PHI $4.98M Madden rating: 91 Trent Brown, NE $1.91M Madden rating: 82 Dion Dawkins, BUF $951K Madden rating: 77 Chase Roullier, WAS $592K Madden rating: 68 Our line is simultaneously athletic and vicious, especially on the interior, where Nelson was our first-round pick from this year's draft. We have former Patriots left tackle Solder in the lineup and likely replacement Brown as our swing tackle, in part because he might be the only starter left standing from the final round of the 2015 draft. We have plenty of flexibility. Scherff was a college tackle. Dawkins was a college tackle who will start at left tackle for the Bills, but he still might profile best in the long run at guard. Roullier was a college guard before becoming Washington's starting center.

Defense With speed and versatility, this D would dominate The only way to stop modern passing attacks is to have a rotation of pass-rushers who can quickly win one-on-one matchups. We need cover linebackers with the range to scare quarterbacks from throwing over the middle of the field. In the secondary, we're building around cornerbacks who are capable of playing both outside and in the slot. Our safeties need to be versatile enough to play in the box and drop into center field, so they can disguise their intentions before the snap and create takeaways after it. A hoss or two who can stand up their blocker in running situations and some special-teams wizardry wouldn't hurt, either. Barnwell spending League average DL 46.8% 35.5% LB 16.3% 26.5% DB 36.9% 38%

Defensive End Total spent: $17.95M Von Miller, DEN $10.13M Madden rating: 99 Danielle Hunter, MIN $5.06M Madden rating: 84 Trey Flowers, NE $2.05M Madden rating: 86 Rasheem Green, SEA $708K Madden rating: 70 That'll play. Miller leads the league in sacks over the past four seasons (48.5). The Broncos were nice enough to restructure his deal for us. Hunter was originally going to make this team as a player on a rookie contract, but with a cap figure of just over $5 million, the 2015 third-rounder is still a bargain. Flowers is quietly turning into a superstar; while he racked up 6.5 sacks during the regular season, he posted 25 quarterback knockdowns, which is in line with the typical production of an 11-sack player. He added nine knockdowns during the postseason, three more than any other player.

Defensive Tackle Total spent: $19.3M Aaron Donald, LAR $6.89M Madden rating: 99 Mike Daniels, GB $9.84M Madden rating: 91 Michael Pierce, BAL $633K Madden rating: 87 Grady Jarrett, ATL $1.97M Madden rating: 86 This is the most stacked position on our roster and a spot in which we might legitimately have four Pro Bowlers. Donald has taken J.J. Watt's spot as the most impactful defender in football, and we have three wildly underrated tackles to play alongside him. Daniels finally made the Pro Bowl last season, and Jarrett is likely on his way after continuing to improve upon an excellent 2016 postseason. No defensive tackle made more tackles for loss in the running game than Jarrett's 10. When we need a traditional nose tackle in run situations, we'll bring on the 340-pound Pierce, who somehow went undrafted in 2016.

Linebacker Total spent: $13M Telvin Smith, JAC $5.81M Madden rating: 90 Deion Jones, ATL $1.24M Madden rating: 90 Zach Brown, WAS $2.95M Madden rating: 88 Anthony Chickillo, PIT $1.91M Madden rating: 68 Shaquem Griffin, SEA $559K Madden rating: 72 Travin Howard, LAR $503K Madden rating: 62 Our goal here is to find linebackers who can take on blockers in the run game and drop into coverage on passing downs. Smith and Jones are two of the fastest linebackers in the game, and they'll start when we have five defensive backs on the field in our sub-package. The league doesn't seem to value Brown, but he has been an excellent run defender on early downs and isn't much of a liability in coverage. Chickillo, Griffin and Howard are here for special-teams duties.

Cornerback Total spent: $20.1M Casey Hayward, LAC $6.83M Madden rating: 91 Darius Slay, DET $6.13M Madden rating: 91 Marshon Lattimore, NO $3.49M Madden rating: 90 Patrick Robinson, NO $2.25M Madden rating: 83 M.J. Stewart, TB $924K Madden rating: 73 Parry Nickerson, NYJ $524K Madden rating: 69 It's good that we'll be ahead and spending most of our time in the nickel, because how do you bench one of these cornerbacks? Hayward is tied with Marcus Peters for the most interceptions (11) over the past two seasons. Slay led the league with eight interceptions last season and was the lead corner on a team that posted the third-best DVOA against No. 1 wideouts. Lattimore fixed the Saints' defense, which seemed like an impossible task before 2017. If anyone needs a breather, Robinson was one of the best slot corners in the league last season, and Stewart, our second-round pick, might be able to play any position in the secondary.

Safety Total spent: $9.2M Reshad Jones, MIA $4.91M Madden rating: 91 Landon Collins, NYG $1.95M Madden rating: 88 Kevin Byard, TEN $1.01M Madden rating: 89 Eddie Jackson, CHI $721K Madden rating: 80 Clayton Fejedelem, CIN $646K Madden rating: 67 We go four-deep with starters here. The Dolphins restructured Jones' deal, turning an untenable $14 million cap figure into a far more palatable $4.9 million hold. Good for us. Collins, who will be an unrestricted free agent in March, slipped a bit last season and didn't stuff the stat sheet as much as he did in 2016; but his athleticism and knack for finding the ball is still a bargain for less than $2 million. Byard's eight interceptions last season overstated his impact, but he rounded into a fine center fielder and has the ball skills to catch whatever mistakes a quarterback's going to offer up. And Jackson, Collins' former teammate at Alabama, can sub in for Byard while serving as our punt returner.

Special teams A special group of specialists Our coverage units are a little younger than those of most teams, but we've got a good leader in Clayton Fejedelem. It would hardly be a surprise if Shaquem Griffin made his largest impact as a rookie on special teams too. Our specialists include arguably the best pound-for-pound player in football, as Johnny Hekker is both an excellent punter and an annual threat on trick plays. Harrison Butker was part of the third-best kicking game in the league as a rookie in Kansas City, while J.J. Jansen has been consistently anonymous for a decade with Carolina, which is a good thing for long-snappers.