Post by jets on Dec 15, 2009 13:17:29 GMT -5
Ok, I know you've all been waiting for this, but prior to our Super Bowl, I now have our end of season awards, the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the mack daddy's of the mack daddy's!
and all that gibberish....first of all, good Luck to the Houston Oilers, I hope your team chokes this week.
now then, onward and forward.
Johnny Unitas Memorial Gunslinger of the Year - nominees include Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, and Peyton Manning. Award goes to Drew Brees.
- He was the top scoring QB (and 2nd overall player) in our fantasy league, with 335 points. He also saved his best for last, riding a 27, 46, 28 and 33 point performance during weeks 11-13. Manning and Rodgers both were ahead, but 4 average-poor starts for Manning as well as a downright horrible week 14 by Rodgers enabled Brees to top them both. Incidentally, Manning is the only QB in the top 6 to put up double digits every week of the season. Rodgers had not slipped beneath 14 points all season, until his week 14 performance.
Jim Brown Memorial - Nominees include Chris Johnson. Why only 1? Because he was SOOO far ahead of everybody else, it's not even funny. He put up the performance of the season in week 2 @ 54 points, then put up 4 more weeks with > 30 points, including a barnburner of a finish, with 40 in week 14. How was he during the stretch run leading up the playoffs? How does 40, 33, 44, 18, 28, 22, and 40 points during weeks 8-14 grab you? It sure grabs me. He's already over 2000 YFS and is a threat to break both the single-season rushing yardage and yards from scrimmage records. Congrats to the lucky (and smart) owner of Chris Johnson, the philly Eagles
Jerry Rice Hands of Gold Award - nominees include Wes Welker, Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson, and Reggie Wayne (incidentally, 2 of them are owned by the Bucs). Award goes to Wes Welker, for 2 reasons.
1) He was the highest scoring WR on the season, with 226 points
2) He did that DESPITE missing 2 games due to injury, during weeks 2 and 3. Other than week 4, he put up at least 4 points during every single week that he played. He broke 15 points on 9 separate occasions, no one else had > 7 weeks @ 15+ points
Mike Ditka Memorial TE of the Year Award - nominees include Vernon Davis and Dallas Clark. Only 2 nominees, because these guys finished so far ahead of everyone else, it's ridiculous. This one ends in a tie. They were less than 1 ppg apart on the season, and although Dallas Clark finished off with a week 14 monster performance, he was invisible the week prior, during week 13. Invisible play during the playoffs is not within the spirit of Mike Ditka. So this one is tied. Shaddup, go kiss your sister.
Joe Greene Memorial Trophy - given to the interior defensive lineman of the year, nominees include Darnell Dockett, Marcus Stroud, and Kyle Williams. Darnell Dockett wins, with a close second by Kyle Williams. Dockett outscored all DTs and was quite consistent on the season, never dipping beneath 4.5 points and posting solid production during the last 5 games of the season. However, Kyle Williams really came on near the end, posting an average of 11 PPG during weeks 11 through 14.
Deacon Jones Headslap Memorial Award - given to the top defensive end of the year, nominees include Jared Allen, Andre Carter and Elvis Dumervil. All 3 nominees averaged > 10 PPG (the only DEs to average > 9). At midseason week 8, Jared Allen was running awawy with this award, averaging nearly 15 PPG. However, he fell apart during the all-important stretch run, scoring 3 or less points in 4 of the last 5 weeks of the season, nearly blowing it for his owner. Conversely, Andre Carter and Elvis Dumervil both turned it on, with Andre Carter nearly catching up in overall points. With 30 points in the last 2 games of the season including 21.5 in week 14, Andre Carter manages to win this award. Defense wins championships, but so does clutch play, and Andre Carter picked it up near the end of the season.
Lawrence Taylor Memorial - given to the highest scoring OLB of the season, this one goes to Brian Cushing, the incredible strongside LB for the Houston Texans. His only competition was last seasons' Defensive Player of the Year, James Harrison. However, Harrison's sack numbers plummetted during the last several weeks, while Cushing remained steady and reliable. congrats to the rookie, and congrats to the Oilers for such a solid rookie pick.
Dick Butkus Memorial - given annually to the NFL's best fantasy ILB. This season, there's only 1 nominee, and it's Patrick Willis. With over 220 points (nearest competition is < 200), Patrick Willis ran away with this award, and is the only defensive player in the top 20. He had only 1 week during the season in which he dropped beneath 12 points, and he finished the stretch run with consecutive 20+ point performances. Consistency is the name of the game with the ILB, and Patrick Willis exemplified this.
Rod Woodson Memorial - named for the modern era's interceptions leader, given to the top scoring CB in the NFL. Again, due to extreme dominance, only 1 nominee this season - Charles Woodson. No other cornerback placed in the top 135. Charles Woodson placed at 53. He put up 178 points. The 2nd highest CB put up 137, over 3 PPG fewer. His combination fo tackling and big play ability, putting up both sacks and interceptions, as well as return TDs, propelled Woodson to the top. He had over 25 points on 3 separate occasions, including a pair of 30+ point games. No other DB put up 30 points., and Woodon has 3 of the top 5 games on the season. How fitting that Charles would receive an award titled after his namesake, Rod.
Ronnie Lott Memorial SLAM award - the Ronnie Lott award is given to the league's highest scoring safety on the season. This one, unlike the Rod Woodson award, is a cluster. 3 players are within 1.5 points of each other, and 5 are within 8 points of each other on the season. Additionally, another (Bernard Pollard) did not play the first 3 weeks of the season, but finished INSANELY strong, putting up double digit points from weeks 8 through 14, including a pair of beastly 20+ point games and yet another (George Wilson) didn't take over until week 4, but then put up double digits in 8 of the last 10 weeks of the season, and never dipped beneath 7.5 points as a starter. Due to the monstrous cluster at the top of the scoring list, this award is declared a draw.
Offensive player of the Year - Hands down, Chris Johnson. QBs make up 3 of the top 4, 4 of the top 6, 5 of the top 8, and 8 of the top 12. Only Chris Johnson outscored everybody, and he did it by a large margin. Aside from week 1 and 5, Chris Johnson did not score beneath 14 points on the season. He had the top score of the season, and joins Drew Brees as the only players with 2 games in the top 6. In a league that rewards QBs heavily, Chris Johnson outscored them all.
Defensive Player of the Year - very close contest between Patrick Willis and Charles Woodson. Woodson's dominance over his competition at CB matched Willis' dominance over his fellow LBs, but where Woodson fell short was consistency. Congratulations to Patrick Willis.
Now, onto the team awards
The "Greatest Show on the InterTurf" Offense of the Year - Dallas Cowboys (1566)
With a starting lineup that included Aaron Rodgers, Ray Rice, Jamaal Charles, Miles Austin and Andre Johnson, it's no wonder. If Charles would've had the starting job at game 1, when he deserved it, this would've been a complete landslide.
Honorable mention goes to Philly, who finished 76 points behind Dallas, with a starting lineup that had Philip Rivres, Chris Johnson, Cedric Benson, Wes Welker and Tony Gonzalez. If Owen Daniels had not suffered injury, this team would've really pushed Dallas for overall offense of the year.
The "Steel Curtain of the 00s" Defense of the Year - Oorang Indians (1473 points)
Oorang's draft strategy was to forego many of the rookies and several later offensive picks in order to secure enough ILBs to allow him to trade for a stud DE.
Oorang's starting defensive lineup included the DE1 (Jared Allen) and DE6 (Aaron Schobel), as well as LB1 Patrick Willis, LB5 (London Fletcher), LB10 David Hawthorne, LB14 Karlos Dansby, and Safety8 and 9, George Wilson and Roman Harper . Allen and Dansby were trades, Hawthorne and Wilson were waiver wire pickups, and Willis, Fletcher, Harper and Schobel were draft picks. Defense wins championships, right? Guess we'll find out next week!
Honorable mention goes to the Steelers, Falcons, 49ers and Chargers, all of whom put up slightly over 1300 defensive points on the season
The Gayle Sayers Memorial Special Teams of the Year - Carolina (462)
Anchored by Darren Sproles, the all-purpose yardage beast, Carolina was able to narrowly edge the Oorang Indians by about 2-1/2 points. Oorang had his sights set on this prestigous award, but his KR put up a goose-egg during week 14. Carolina also boasted the 2nd highest scoring punter of the season, who was also a model of consistency, scoring between 0 and 14 points EVERY week of the season. Ray Guy and Gayle Sayers are both proud!!
Overall Highest scoring team - Oorang Indians (3148)
Inconsistent scoring at the WR position as well as an injury to his only useful TE (Chris Cooley) almost meant doom for the Indians, but his excellent QB, RB, and defensive play kept him afloat....that and a large bit of luck.
Honorable Mention go to the Eagles and Dallas, who were the 2 highest scoring offensive teams as well.
Best RB Corps - this one is an insanely close contest between the Eagles and Dallas, coincidentally the top 2 scoring offensive teams. They both broke 564 points. No one else broke 460. The Eagles boasted top scorer Chris Johnson and solid performer Cedric Benson. The Cowboys had Ray Rice and Jamaal Charles. Rice and Charles put up over 60 points during the final week of the season, and broke 35 points on 6 separate occasions, but on the strength of Chris Johnson's monster season, Philly broke 30 points during 10 of the weeks, with 3 of those weeks over 50 points and an insane week 2 breaking 70 points. Congrats to the Eagles for their incredible rushing attack.
Best WR Corps - this one is a 3-way race between Oorang, Dallas and Tampa. Oorang technically won on points, but Dallas usually started 2 RBs, 3 WRs. Oorang and Tampa both started 4 WRs almost every week. Oorang had 4 WRs with > 130 points. Tampa had 2 over 200, and then 2 more at 130 and 97. Dallas had Andre Johnson and Miles Austin over 190 ponts, and Steve Smith and Steve Breaston at 144 and 117 points, along with Josh Morgan at 97 points. Award goes to Dallas, whose WRs put up over 60 points during each of the 2 playoff weeks, and who had the best depth with 5 WRs over 90 points.
Best DL - Philly, San Fran, San Diego and the Indians all were within 10 points of each other on this one. The DL of each team consists of:
Oorang - DT30 + DE1 + DE6
Philly - DT20 + DE4 + DE10
49ers - DT6 + DE2 + DE17
Bolts - DT1 + DE7 + DE30
throwng this one up for grabs.
Best LB Corps - Oorang and St. Louis both were the primary nominees. Both scored over 620 points. Oorang's LBs averaged almost 5 PPG more than St. Louis' starters, and with 2 of the top 5, 3 of the top 10, and all 4 starters placing in the top 15 on the season, Oorang wins this one pretty solidly. If Posluszny hadn't missed so many games, St. Louis may have been much closer, as the Posz was a top 3 guy in a PPG basis.
Best Defensive backfield/b] - Atlanta and Carolina were both within 1/2 ppg of each other. Carolina had this one hands down until their top 2 starters, Oshi Atogwe and Eric Weddle went down with injuries. Carolina boasted 5 safeties over 90 points, 4 over 100, as well as 3 CBs over 110 points. That type of depth gives the nod to the Carolina Panthers.
Ok, congratulations to all of the award winners. In less than 7 days, we shall begin the trading season, I look forward to it, and I sincerely hope I have the 16th pick of the 1st round to trade!
and all that gibberish....first of all, good Luck to the Houston Oilers, I hope your team chokes this week.
now then, onward and forward.
Johnny Unitas Memorial Gunslinger of the Year - nominees include Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, and Peyton Manning. Award goes to Drew Brees.
- He was the top scoring QB (and 2nd overall player) in our fantasy league, with 335 points. He also saved his best for last, riding a 27, 46, 28 and 33 point performance during weeks 11-13. Manning and Rodgers both were ahead, but 4 average-poor starts for Manning as well as a downright horrible week 14 by Rodgers enabled Brees to top them both. Incidentally, Manning is the only QB in the top 6 to put up double digits every week of the season. Rodgers had not slipped beneath 14 points all season, until his week 14 performance.
Jim Brown Memorial - Nominees include Chris Johnson. Why only 1? Because he was SOOO far ahead of everybody else, it's not even funny. He put up the performance of the season in week 2 @ 54 points, then put up 4 more weeks with > 30 points, including a barnburner of a finish, with 40 in week 14. How was he during the stretch run leading up the playoffs? How does 40, 33, 44, 18, 28, 22, and 40 points during weeks 8-14 grab you? It sure grabs me. He's already over 2000 YFS and is a threat to break both the single-season rushing yardage and yards from scrimmage records. Congrats to the lucky (and smart) owner of Chris Johnson, the philly Eagles
Jerry Rice Hands of Gold Award - nominees include Wes Welker, Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson, and Reggie Wayne (incidentally, 2 of them are owned by the Bucs). Award goes to Wes Welker, for 2 reasons.
1) He was the highest scoring WR on the season, with 226 points
2) He did that DESPITE missing 2 games due to injury, during weeks 2 and 3. Other than week 4, he put up at least 4 points during every single week that he played. He broke 15 points on 9 separate occasions, no one else had > 7 weeks @ 15+ points
Mike Ditka Memorial TE of the Year Award - nominees include Vernon Davis and Dallas Clark. Only 2 nominees, because these guys finished so far ahead of everyone else, it's ridiculous. This one ends in a tie. They were less than 1 ppg apart on the season, and although Dallas Clark finished off with a week 14 monster performance, he was invisible the week prior, during week 13. Invisible play during the playoffs is not within the spirit of Mike Ditka. So this one is tied. Shaddup, go kiss your sister.
Joe Greene Memorial Trophy - given to the interior defensive lineman of the year, nominees include Darnell Dockett, Marcus Stroud, and Kyle Williams. Darnell Dockett wins, with a close second by Kyle Williams. Dockett outscored all DTs and was quite consistent on the season, never dipping beneath 4.5 points and posting solid production during the last 5 games of the season. However, Kyle Williams really came on near the end, posting an average of 11 PPG during weeks 11 through 14.
Deacon Jones Headslap Memorial Award - given to the top defensive end of the year, nominees include Jared Allen, Andre Carter and Elvis Dumervil. All 3 nominees averaged > 10 PPG (the only DEs to average > 9). At midseason week 8, Jared Allen was running awawy with this award, averaging nearly 15 PPG. However, he fell apart during the all-important stretch run, scoring 3 or less points in 4 of the last 5 weeks of the season, nearly blowing it for his owner. Conversely, Andre Carter and Elvis Dumervil both turned it on, with Andre Carter nearly catching up in overall points. With 30 points in the last 2 games of the season including 21.5 in week 14, Andre Carter manages to win this award. Defense wins championships, but so does clutch play, and Andre Carter picked it up near the end of the season.
Lawrence Taylor Memorial - given to the highest scoring OLB of the season, this one goes to Brian Cushing, the incredible strongside LB for the Houston Texans. His only competition was last seasons' Defensive Player of the Year, James Harrison. However, Harrison's sack numbers plummetted during the last several weeks, while Cushing remained steady and reliable. congrats to the rookie, and congrats to the Oilers for such a solid rookie pick.
Dick Butkus Memorial - given annually to the NFL's best fantasy ILB. This season, there's only 1 nominee, and it's Patrick Willis. With over 220 points (nearest competition is < 200), Patrick Willis ran away with this award, and is the only defensive player in the top 20. He had only 1 week during the season in which he dropped beneath 12 points, and he finished the stretch run with consecutive 20+ point performances. Consistency is the name of the game with the ILB, and Patrick Willis exemplified this.
Rod Woodson Memorial - named for the modern era's interceptions leader, given to the top scoring CB in the NFL. Again, due to extreme dominance, only 1 nominee this season - Charles Woodson. No other cornerback placed in the top 135. Charles Woodson placed at 53. He put up 178 points. The 2nd highest CB put up 137, over 3 PPG fewer. His combination fo tackling and big play ability, putting up both sacks and interceptions, as well as return TDs, propelled Woodson to the top. He had over 25 points on 3 separate occasions, including a pair of 30+ point games. No other DB put up 30 points., and Woodon has 3 of the top 5 games on the season. How fitting that Charles would receive an award titled after his namesake, Rod.
Ronnie Lott Memorial SLAM award - the Ronnie Lott award is given to the league's highest scoring safety on the season. This one, unlike the Rod Woodson award, is a cluster. 3 players are within 1.5 points of each other, and 5 are within 8 points of each other on the season. Additionally, another (Bernard Pollard) did not play the first 3 weeks of the season, but finished INSANELY strong, putting up double digit points from weeks 8 through 14, including a pair of beastly 20+ point games and yet another (George Wilson) didn't take over until week 4, but then put up double digits in 8 of the last 10 weeks of the season, and never dipped beneath 7.5 points as a starter. Due to the monstrous cluster at the top of the scoring list, this award is declared a draw.
Offensive player of the Year - Hands down, Chris Johnson. QBs make up 3 of the top 4, 4 of the top 6, 5 of the top 8, and 8 of the top 12. Only Chris Johnson outscored everybody, and he did it by a large margin. Aside from week 1 and 5, Chris Johnson did not score beneath 14 points on the season. He had the top score of the season, and joins Drew Brees as the only players with 2 games in the top 6. In a league that rewards QBs heavily, Chris Johnson outscored them all.
Defensive Player of the Year - very close contest between Patrick Willis and Charles Woodson. Woodson's dominance over his competition at CB matched Willis' dominance over his fellow LBs, but where Woodson fell short was consistency. Congratulations to Patrick Willis.
Now, onto the team awards
The "Greatest Show on the InterTurf" Offense of the Year - Dallas Cowboys (1566)
With a starting lineup that included Aaron Rodgers, Ray Rice, Jamaal Charles, Miles Austin and Andre Johnson, it's no wonder. If Charles would've had the starting job at game 1, when he deserved it, this would've been a complete landslide.
Honorable mention goes to Philly, who finished 76 points behind Dallas, with a starting lineup that had Philip Rivres, Chris Johnson, Cedric Benson, Wes Welker and Tony Gonzalez. If Owen Daniels had not suffered injury, this team would've really pushed Dallas for overall offense of the year.
The "Steel Curtain of the 00s" Defense of the Year - Oorang Indians (1473 points)
Oorang's draft strategy was to forego many of the rookies and several later offensive picks in order to secure enough ILBs to allow him to trade for a stud DE.
Oorang's starting defensive lineup included the DE1 (Jared Allen) and DE6 (Aaron Schobel), as well as LB1 Patrick Willis, LB5 (London Fletcher), LB10 David Hawthorne, LB14 Karlos Dansby, and Safety8 and 9, George Wilson and Roman Harper . Allen and Dansby were trades, Hawthorne and Wilson were waiver wire pickups, and Willis, Fletcher, Harper and Schobel were draft picks. Defense wins championships, right? Guess we'll find out next week!
Honorable mention goes to the Steelers, Falcons, 49ers and Chargers, all of whom put up slightly over 1300 defensive points on the season
The Gayle Sayers Memorial Special Teams of the Year - Carolina (462)
Anchored by Darren Sproles, the all-purpose yardage beast, Carolina was able to narrowly edge the Oorang Indians by about 2-1/2 points. Oorang had his sights set on this prestigous award, but his KR put up a goose-egg during week 14. Carolina also boasted the 2nd highest scoring punter of the season, who was also a model of consistency, scoring between 0 and 14 points EVERY week of the season. Ray Guy and Gayle Sayers are both proud!!
Overall Highest scoring team - Oorang Indians (3148)
Inconsistent scoring at the WR position as well as an injury to his only useful TE (Chris Cooley) almost meant doom for the Indians, but his excellent QB, RB, and defensive play kept him afloat....that and a large bit of luck.
Honorable Mention go to the Eagles and Dallas, who were the 2 highest scoring offensive teams as well.
Best RB Corps - this one is an insanely close contest between the Eagles and Dallas, coincidentally the top 2 scoring offensive teams. They both broke 564 points. No one else broke 460. The Eagles boasted top scorer Chris Johnson and solid performer Cedric Benson. The Cowboys had Ray Rice and Jamaal Charles. Rice and Charles put up over 60 points during the final week of the season, and broke 35 points on 6 separate occasions, but on the strength of Chris Johnson's monster season, Philly broke 30 points during 10 of the weeks, with 3 of those weeks over 50 points and an insane week 2 breaking 70 points. Congrats to the Eagles for their incredible rushing attack.
Best WR Corps - this one is a 3-way race between Oorang, Dallas and Tampa. Oorang technically won on points, but Dallas usually started 2 RBs, 3 WRs. Oorang and Tampa both started 4 WRs almost every week. Oorang had 4 WRs with > 130 points. Tampa had 2 over 200, and then 2 more at 130 and 97. Dallas had Andre Johnson and Miles Austin over 190 ponts, and Steve Smith and Steve Breaston at 144 and 117 points, along with Josh Morgan at 97 points. Award goes to Dallas, whose WRs put up over 60 points during each of the 2 playoff weeks, and who had the best depth with 5 WRs over 90 points.
Best DL - Philly, San Fran, San Diego and the Indians all were within 10 points of each other on this one. The DL of each team consists of:
Oorang - DT30 + DE1 + DE6
Philly - DT20 + DE4 + DE10
49ers - DT6 + DE2 + DE17
Bolts - DT1 + DE7 + DE30
throwng this one up for grabs.
Best LB Corps - Oorang and St. Louis both were the primary nominees. Both scored over 620 points. Oorang's LBs averaged almost 5 PPG more than St. Louis' starters, and with 2 of the top 5, 3 of the top 10, and all 4 starters placing in the top 15 on the season, Oorang wins this one pretty solidly. If Posluszny hadn't missed so many games, St. Louis may have been much closer, as the Posz was a top 3 guy in a PPG basis.
Best Defensive backfield/b] - Atlanta and Carolina were both within 1/2 ppg of each other. Carolina had this one hands down until their top 2 starters, Oshi Atogwe and Eric Weddle went down with injuries. Carolina boasted 5 safeties over 90 points, 4 over 100, as well as 3 CBs over 110 points. That type of depth gives the nod to the Carolina Panthers.
Ok, congratulations to all of the award winners. In less than 7 days, we shall begin the trading season, I look forward to it, and I sincerely hope I have the 16th pick of the 1st round to trade!