(Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new gimmick: The SportingGurus 50. Bryan, Adam and myself will be taking turns, going down the list and ranking the best players in the NFL, starting with number one. Basically the question in play is: If you could have any player in the NFL for the next five years, besides the ones already taken, who would you take?

We start off with Bryan Alsworth, holding the #1 pick…)

With the first pick in the SportingGurus 50 Draft, Bryan Alsworth selects…

1.  Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots - Call it the safe pick if you want, but Brady’s my guy here. Sure, he’ll be 31 when the season starts, but thanks to him being held out of practices forever, his shoulder has been spared a good amount of stress over the years. Thus, to me, he’s just entering his prime, and it really shows when he makes big plays in tough situations. Screens, slants, outs, posts — Brady keeps a cool head and handles them all with pinpoint accuracy. That, to me, makes him the no-brainer #1 pick here.