How would you build an NFL expansion team?

How would you build the NFL’s 33rd team if you were given the opportunity to poach two players off every roster in the league? It’s a question Nathan Cooper recently asked over at Sports Info Solutions, and one I’ve given a lot of thought as I worked to create my submission.

There were three guidelines:

All players who entered the league in 2021, drafted or undrafted, are automatically protected and are not counted toward protection limits.

Players who already have season-ending injuries (e.g. Cam Akers) are automatically protected and are not counted toward protection limits.

Aside from those players, 12 total players can be protected.

6 must be from the offensive side of the ball, which…