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Franchise Player per GM - AFC North
By Apolo Shapiro
Special to sfl-football.com

Let's continue with this series of articles, and now it's the turn for the GM's currently at AFC North


GM Norbert Huszti - QB Tyler Thigpen (Drafted 6.6 at 2007 Draft)


The Ravens and Norbert can be separated in 2 eras, the era of the original roster dominance Ravens had, and the one after rebuild. Norbert won a SB with the first Ravens but they were designed for being competitive from the start. But the 2nd era is different, and i do consider it all started with Thigpen winning the Draft Gem, he might be the best Gem we ever seen and he has become the leader of the Ravens. Last season the team was very close to clinch #1 seed at AFC and recently they’re looking dominant, with Thigpen only at 29 yrs old and with 99-99, another SB ring might be closer than ever.


Other players considered here: WR Dwayne Jarrett - S Ed Reed - OL Jonathan Ogden - MLB Ray Lewis





GM Brady Tinnin - QB Jon Kitna (Original Roster)


I just lived few time of the Kitna career and he was scared good, overall GM Brady has a priority for build good defenses. He usually spend his best picks in talent on the defensive side of the ball, he had multiple solid players there i could’ve chosen from, but Kitna made the Bengals an special team and im sure every fan at Cincinnati still miss him. Since he retired, the team have suffered at the position. A total carrer of 96 QBR have him as an strong candidate for the SFL HOF.



Other players considered here: WR Greg Jennings - TE Jermaine Gresham - CB Jerome Murphy - OLB Thomas Howard





GM Ian Coyle - HB Tony Hunt (Drafted 1.16 at 2007 Draft ) (Acquired Via Trade)


When you draft a player, move to a new team and then trade for that same player it means you liked him and want to keep having him. And that’s exactly the reason of why i picked Hunt for Ian. He had his best seasons at early seasons with Indianapolis Colts and he’s starting to have success again with Browns on the season just finished. Peyton Manning or any Colts star could’ve been an option too, but as mentioned based on what i’ve seen i feel Tony is one of those players get attached to the heart.


Other players considered here: QB Peyton Manning - WR Reggie Wayne - WR Kris Durham - CB Justin Miller





GM Tim Miller - HB Priest Holmes (Original Roster)


I really really really wanted to pick QB Vince Young for Tim, only he has the balls for start him and beat Bryan. Countless memes and fun at discord about scrambling QB, under same line QB Vick could be an option, but from what i’ve seen GM Miller and the Chiefs were extremely dominant running the ball with Holmes, so that’s hard to ignore. The stats Holmes had at the first seasons are ridiculous, i can only imagine any GM not only Tim would love to have a player like him right now. So even if not a recent player and not a player at Steelers, here i’ll select the nostalgia and pick Holmes for GM Tim Miller.



Other players considered here: QB Vince Young - QB Michael Vick - QB Pat White - Any QB with 90+ spd




Comment which teams you agree with me and which ones would you change




Note for Myself: Stop picking HB or rename this series to: The best HB of every GM
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