Hypothetical: You're an NFL GM with the 1st Overall Pick

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

Choose wisely.

 

EDIT: In regards to Robo-Halfback, 2.5 yards on every down would be too obvious a choice.

Edited May 23, 2012 by SageAgainstTheMachine

[PromoTheRobot]

Kicker. Automatic 3 points every time you reach the 42 yard line. You always take the points.

 

PTR

[phypon]

How fast is the receiver?

[KD in CA]

Punter; you would consistently start drives at the opponents 40 yard line while they almost never started in positive field position.

[The Tomcat]

Other team has to travel 99.9 yards EVERY time? Without a doubt the option my teams taking.

 

ROBO PUNTER COME ON DOWN!

[scribo]

Robo-Punter -- Focus 70 percent of your other resources on building a defense. Win.

[Juice_32]

Its not fair that Detroit actually has robo-wideout.

[tennesseeboy]

One inch line? EVERY TIME? Do you know how many bad things can happen to a team's offense when they start on the one inch line? And punters don't get hurt as often as halfbacks, or even field goal kickers. you could go well into the playoff for over a decade with this guy.

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

My vote was punter, but I think the running back is the 2nd best option...anything equal or better than 2nd and 7, 3rd and 4, or 4th and 2 is an automatic first down and you'd dominate time of possession every single game.

 

Of course, those games would be boring as hell.

[BiggieScooby]

Gotta go with the punter. Did you specify how long their careers are? Most punters can punt till their late 30s so 15 years or so of pinning guys heavily influenced me. I also believe that you can opt to punt on a kickoff yet another good reason.

Edited May 23, 2012 by BiggieScooby

[Gugny]

I chose the kicker. Almost sure points every drive.

[Maury Ballstein]

ROBO PUNTER ! Lets do this......was he the guy drafted after TJ Graham?

[ny33]

ROBO PUNTER ! Lets do this......was he the guy drafted after TJ Graham?

 

Nope. He's the guy we signed as an UDFA.

[Mango]

I would trade my next 2 drafts for the 2nd overall and I would take robo punter and robo kicker with the first 2 picks

[NoSaint]

I chose the kicker. Almost sure points every drive.

disagree. how many times did we not cross the 50? and then turnovers across the 50. id guess the additional points added to the team would be far less than most expect. really we are only talking about missed kicks, and kicks from about 52-60 yards that were passed on. though in late game situations it would be quite nice.

 

WR was tempting, as im pretty sure unless he is 4'7" with a 13 inch vertical and a 5.4 40 time, you could essentially throw hail marys all day long. he would need to be quadruple covered and it would open up EVERYTHING else.

 

i chose punter as i think that between safeties, and field position, and turnovers deep (potentially in the endzone) - plus crowd noise, the difficulty of punting from the back lien of the endzone - it just totally changes the game. unless you have the worst D ever, you would only have to score a handful of points to win and those points would all come on very short fields.

 

the RB is an interesting one. its also probably closest to the most possible. 2.49 yards is darn near just tripping on the line of scrimmage and falling forward. the math on how that would change games, and how you would call plays would be interesting to see worked out. essentially it would always start out as 1st and 2.53

[BRAWNDO]

Punter, win the field position

[VanCity]

Punter. Build the D and eat up opposing teams.

[gennycream]

I think you go with the HB, not the punter.

 

Say you draft the punter; the HB will go second overall. These will likely be the two best teams, and in head to head match ups, I think the HB team has the advantage. They could march it off the goalline and then try to pick up a few yards on 2nd or 3rd down.

[NewEra]

I'd take the punter. If the Wr ran a 4.3 I'd take him.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

Choose wisely.

 

EDIT: In regards to Robo-Halfback, 2.5 yards on every down would be too obvious a choice.

a WR that catches every pass would be the best way to go bc he would always get a first down as he isn't going to run any short routes and will always score a Touchdown. Theoretically you' throw it to him every time and eventually he would score and you would score a TD on every drive.

 

BTW your Roboback is lame, 2.5 yds!? good Lord it would take you all day to score and the refs would have to measure every first down. 5.5 yds would be more like it and for viewing enjoyment 12 yds a crack would be a lot better.