It's too thin in some areas, too fat in others, and too old almost everywhere. Oh, yeah, it's going to be difficult as well fielding solid special teams units from an assemblage comprised primarily of starters. Those limitations notwithstanding, here's a 53-man roster composed of players still available in the free agent market:

Offense

WR: *Johnnie Morton (Detroit), *Jerome Pathon (Indianapolis), Cris Carter (Minnesota), Bobby Shaw (Pittsburgh), Michael Westbrook (Washington).

TE: *Shannon Sharpe (Baltimore), Ken Dilger (Indianapolis).

OT: *Victor Riley (Kansas City), *Trey Teague (Denver), Ephraim Salaam (Atlanta), Spencer Folau (Miami).

OG: *Ron Stone (New York Giants), *Tony Semple (Detroit), Bob Hallen (Atlanta), Ben Coleman (Washington).

C: *Kendyl Jacox (San Diego), Kevin Long (Tennessee).

QB: *Chris Chandler (Atlanta), Gus Frerotte (Denver), Jonathan Quinn (Jacksonville).

RB: *Ricky Watters (Seattle), Moe Williams, Dorsey Levens (Green Bay). (Baltimore).

FB: *Mack Strong (Seattle), Greg Comella (New York Giants).

Defense

DE: *Renaldo Wynn (Jacksonville), *Lorenzo Bromell (Miami), Reinard Wilson (Cincinnati), Shane Burton (New York Jets).

DT: *Sam Adams (Baltimore), *Grady Jackson (Oakland), Michael Myers (Dallas), Steve Martin (New York Jets).

MLB: *Earl Holmes (Pittsburgh), Bernardo Harris (Green Bay).

OLB: *Donnie Edwards (Kansas City), Kevin Hardy (Jacksonville), *James Farrior (New York Jets), Greg Favors (Tennessee), Roman Phifer (New England), Jeff Gooch (Tampa Bay), Allen Aldridge (Detroit).

S: *Lance Schulters (San Francisco), *Tony Parrish (Chicago), Victor Green (New York Jets), Eric Brown (Denver).

CB: *Donnie Abraham (Tampa Bay), *Jeff Burris (Indianapolis), Terrell Buckley (New England), Jason Simmons (Pittsburgh), Ken Irvin (Buffalo).

Special teams

K: Morten Andersen (New York Giants).

P: Matt Turk (Miami).

RS: Brian Mitchell (Philadelphia).

Note: *indicates starter.
Players in italics have been signed.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com.