So there’s a couple of these lists going around the internet nowadays. Picking players from their birthplace to play for their coinciding hometown NFL team. For the Browns I picked players from all parts of Ohio. The Bengals can kick rocks. No one cares about the Bengals, not even people from Cincinnati. I picked the top players at each position according to their preseason Madden 2013 Overall Rating. Overall, it’s a pretty good squad with the strengths being the linebackers and secondary.

OFFENSE

QB- Ben Roethlisberger (Findlay)

RB- Le’Veon Bell (Reynoldsburg)

WR- Cecil Shorts (Cleveland)

WR- Ted Ginn (Cleveland)

TE- Kyle Rudolph (Cincinnati)

T(2)- Alex Boone (Lakewood), Roger Saffold (Bedford)

G(2) Rob Sims (Macedonia), Jason Spitz (Boardman)

C- Nick Mangold (Centerville)

FLEX- Brian Hartline (Canton)

DEFENSE

NT- Barry Cofield (Cleveland)

DE- Trent Cole (Xenia)

DE- Whitney Mercilus (Akron)

ILB- AJ Hawk (Kettering)

ILB- Luke Kuechly (Cincinnati)

OLB- James Harrison (Akron)

OLB- Danny Trevathan (Youngstown)

CB(2)- Aqib Talib (Cleveland), Charles Woodson (Fremont)

SS- Donte Whitner (Cleveland)

FS- Will Allen (Dayton)

K/P- Mike Nugent (Centerville)