OK, so now that the season is over, who do you think will win the major awards? MVP Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Offensive Rookie of the Year Defensive Rookie of the Year Comeback Player of the Year Coach of the Year My picks: MVP: Tom Brady OPOY: Michael Vick DPOY: Troy Polamalu OROY: Sam Bradford DROY: Ndamukong Suh Comeback: Brian Urlacher Coach: Todd Haley Who ya got?
MVP: Tom Brady OPOY: Tom Brady DPOY: Ndamukong Suh (Dude was a beast) OROY: Sam Bradford DROY: Ndamukong Suh Comeback: Vick Coach: bill belichick
MVP: Tom Brady Offensive Player of the Year: Michael Vick Defensive Player of the Year: Ed Reed (8 Ints, in 9 games) Offensive Rookie of the Year: Sam Bradford Defensive Rookie of the Year: Ndamukong Suh Comeback Player of the Year: Matt Cassel Coach of the Year: Bill Belichick
LeGarrette Blount should win OROY. He only had 11 games where he got significant run, but still rushed for over 1,000 yards, maintaining a five yard average. Bradford only managed 5.95 yards per pass attempt (good for 30th in the NFL) and a QB rating of 76.5 (good for 25th in the NFL).
What are the circumstances to be eligible for Comeback POY? Would Arian Foster not be eligible? Undrafted FA/Practice Squad/4 games played in 2009 to NFL's leading rusher in 2010?
My guess is it is somebody who had good season(s) in the past and was injured or had a down year compared to previous ones and bounced back strong.
Call me a homer but they shouldn't even need to tally the Defensive Player of the Year votes. Total landslide. In fact, if it weren't for Troy missing two games and this ridiculous stigma that only QB's or RB's can win the award, you would be hearing people arguing his case for NFL MVP let alone DPOY. Again, call me a homer but if you follow the Steelers you should understand.
Comeback POY is such a weird award. Seems like it's usually just given to players that suffered severe injuries and came back from them to play at their typical level pre-injury (Tom Brady won it last year, Pennington has won it twice). Brandon Lloyd would win the Most Improved award if there was such a thing, but is probably not really a fit for comeback player. MVP: Brady OPOY: Vick DPOY: Polamalu OROY: Bradford (remember this is the AP voting and Bradford has gotten a lot of pub this year) DROY: Suh Comeback: Urlacher (Vick would win but I don't know if they'll vote him for two awards) Coach: Bill Belichick (can't deny how great they have been and got them through the Moss ordeal -- Haley and Rahim Morris will be closer runner ups IMO)
MVP: Tom Brady - I still can't help but wonder how many wins the Patriots would have with their next random backup. OPOY: Tom Brady - if the MVP is an offensive player, I don't understand how OPOY isn't the same as MVP. /shrug DPOY: Troy Polamalu - Steeler bias here, but no one really stands out this year for me... but, I honestly think Harrison is more deserving. However, Million dollar hair gets more positive press than James "100k+ in Fines" Harrison OROY: Sam Bradford - early success in the season will carry the award) DROY: Ndamukong Suh Comeback: Michael Vick - I'm baffled that anyone else could be mentioned for this award. Coach: Raheem Morris- This should be Belicheat, but the coach of the year is rarely actually the coach of the year.
The reason I picked Brady is because he was the most valuable player but not necessarily the best offensive player. Vick was a 3,000 yard passer, a top 5 rated quarterback, had a good td-int ratio and ran for over 600 yards averaging nearly 7 yards per carry and was in the top 10 in rushing tds.
MVP:Tom Brady Patriots 14-2 with a young defense and no-name receivers for Brady who managed to throw 3900 yds, 36 TDs with only 4 interceptions. That's an 8:1 TD/Int Ratio. Pretty sick! Best QB in the league today and in discussion with Montana as GOAT if he wins his 4th SB next month. OPOY: Arian Foster 1616 yds rushing, 16 TDs, 604 yds receiving, 2 TDs. He is the best all purpose running back in the league. DPOY: Troy Polamalu Heads and shoulders above the rest of the competition. OROY: Rob Gronkowski 10 TDs for a rookie tight end, tied with Gates and Lewis for the most in the league. Plus, Gronkowski played with equal opportunity passer Tom Brady and shared the rotation with another rookie tight Aaron Hernandez who had 6 TDs of his own. Pretty impressive for a rookie to play limited catches and still manage to score that much on offense. I know people like Bradford here, but a # 1 pick and immediate starter is bound to put up big numbers but in terms QB play, Bradford still ranks among the bottom of the league in every single category. DROY: Devin McCourty Going back again to the Patriots who are simply the best organization in all of sports with a plethora of rookies contributing to a 14-2 season. McCourty is the MVP of that young defense with 7 interception tied with former Patriot Asante Samuel for the 2nd most in the league. As a rookie, McCourty has already become a shutdown corner who is not afraid to tackle and loves to prey on quarterbacks. Not bad for a late first rounder who many thought was going to be nothing more than a punt returner. Again, here most people would take Suh but when you are picked 2nd overall then your expectation to contribute are equally high. Suh has been dominant this season but that is exactly what was expected from him. Comeback: Michael Vick Who else can go from rusting in jail to MVP candidate in only 2 years? Vick has done the greatest comeback job in pro sports history. Coach: Bill Belichick This is perhaps his best coaching job ever. Better than even that 16-0 season a few years ago. So many people had the Patriots down and out of contention with Moss traded, a totally revamped defense with 4 rookie starters, no running game, and Brady expected to quietly decline after that horrible showing against Baltimore in last year's playoffs. Well, Belichick managed to shut up his critics once again. He took over the defense coordinator duties this season and led a young and inexperienced defense to improve dramatically over the course of 17 weeks. They gave up huge numbers to begin the season but steadily improved and came through huge against the best teams in the league like the Steelers, Colts, Jets, Bears, and Packers.
Alert , Alert Homer Alert !!! Not really surprised a Pats fan would give that many awards to the Pats.
Brady hands down is the MVP , Vick hasn't even played the amount of games that Brady has played . Brady 's stats are just ridiculous ......... 36 tds 4 ints .
lol, I didn't want to say it... but I was certainly thinking it. @lilpun - I'll buy that. I'm not certain who I'd put at OPOY now with that mindset.
Ed Reed has 8 ints in playing like 9 games i think . Reed is the greatest ball hawking defender i have seen on a football field.
