Smith, Bruschi share award... NFL has no shame!

Sethworld said:

Unfortunately race does play a major role is the NFL and must be considered. I really wish it was something that wasn't an issue, but unfortunately that isn't the world we all live in.

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it might, but the dude was saying that we are praising him for being white, ok well then all the black people praise vick because he is the "stereotype" black man.

I support who i liek with no race. my favorite player OG is well mixed i think :confused: , but Minor is my 2nd fav. I don't liek someone just because they are white or black.

Congratulations to Bruschi and all but Comeback Players of the Year in my mind is and should be soley Steve Smith. I would think Mark Brunell would be on my list next, not Bruschi.

1)Steve Smith
2)Mark Brunell
3)Ricky Williams
4)Teddy Bruschi

That's my top 4 comeback players. Bruschi winning it is almost as bad as Flutie winning special teams player of the week.

i'm surprised bruschi didn't win it outright. no one deserved it more than smith

They didn't just select Smith and Bruschi. Each had 18 votes from a panel of 50 sportswriters and broadcasters. Brunell had 6, Kyle Vanden Bosch 5, Roy Williams (Detroit), Joey Galloway, and Koren Robinson each had 1. I have far more problems with the back end of the list than the front. Getting votes for A Comeback from Sucking and A Comeback From a Minor Injury in Your Rookie Year are far more egregious.

Roy Williams? Roy ****ing Williams?

Itsdahumidity said:

Absolutely disgusting! Yes his story was unique this year, but S. Smith had a MVP type season. And if anything Ricky performed much better on the field than ol teddy. Damn nfl, can't even hide your favoritism. :shakeno:


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2280984

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sorry man din'nt mean to hi-jack your thread I'm only appollogisein' cuz I hate it when it happens to me, ya beat me by 10 min. so again sorry!

how the hell did roy williams get a vote? he was better last year! wtf

Lederhosen said:

Media and people just love white overachieving linebackers, I wonder if he was black if people loved "Bruscetta" just the same.....:confused:

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Bruschi co-won the award because of his miraculous come back after having a stroke last year, this has nothing to do about race nor should it.

this award is for injury comeback i think

Steve Smith should of got it an only Steve Smith. I think its great what Bruschi accomplished but even he knows he doesn't deserve this award IMO!

Amars said:

this award is for injury comeback i think

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But Drew Brees won it last year, I'm still not sure why.

First off we all know that Ricky doesn't deserve it and that Smith should have won that out right. Brushi did absoulutly nothing this year!! Yes it is amazing that he came back congrates for him. The NFL gave him the DPOW his first week back inwhich he had, i think, 6 tackles! :shakeno: Smith won it in my eyes!!

ffphin said:

First off we all know that Ricky doesn't deserve it and that Smith should have won that out right. Brushi did absoulutly nothing this year!! Yes it is amazing that he came back congrates for him. The NFL gave him the DPOW his first week back inwhich he had, i think, 6 tackles! :shakeno: Smith won it in my eyes!!

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exactly!!! Bruschi came back and his play wasn't nearly as impressive as it was before his stroke, and he was never that good to begin with. Did you see the clowns on NFL Live on ESPN last night? They were talking about each team's "X-factor": the player who made the biggest impact on leading his team to the playoffs. Guess who was the "x-factor" for New England? Teddy Bruschi! And these two guys, hands to god, were fawning him with a unison "love him" said like the two gay guys from In Living Color. They went on to claim he was the reason for the Patriots success and was a great, great player and a dominant LB. :shakeno:


Check out Jack Lambert's HOF quality stats:
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/3189

Itsdahumidity said:

Absolutely disgusting! Yes his story was unique this year, but S. Smith had a MVP type season. And if anything Ricky performed much better on the field than ol teddy. Damn nfl, can't even hide your favoritism. :shakeno:


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2280984

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Please. Explain to me how Ricky should have even been in the running for a "Comeback Player of the Year" award, which, no matter how vague it is, is typically supposed to reward someone who came back from something, either concrete, like an injury, mental illness, or something that hindered their play and left their futures in doubt, or something abstract, like rebounding from poor seasons (like Drew Brees) or adversity.

Ricky Williams LEFT THE TEAM voluntarily, still with a lot of gas left in his tank, and returned the same back he pretty much was when he left (not saying he hasn't improved over how he was in 2003, but he was not a bad back then either).

I don't see how he should have garnered any votes.

As far as Teddy Bruschi, please keep in mind the award isn't titled "OMG PLAYER WHO STOPPED PLAYING BUT RETURNED AND HAD MOST YARDS AND MOST BANG BANG AND MOST GUSTO WHEN HE PLAYED", it's comeback player of the year. I'm guessing some voters thought returned from a stroke was more impressive, and some thought returning from a debiliating injury and putting up near MVP numbers was more impressive. Personally I'd go more with the former, but I'm not inclined to insult people who vote for the latter.

RobFins2005 said:

Please. Explain to me how Ricky should have even been in the running for a "Comeback Player of the Year" award, which, no matter how vague it is, is typically supposed to reward someone who came back from something, either concrete, like an injury, mental illness, or something that hindered their play and left their futures in doubt, or something abstract, like rebounding from poor seasons (like Drew Brees) or adversity.

Ricky Williams LEFT THE TEAM voluntarily, still with a lot of gas left in his tank, and returned the same back he pretty much was when he left (not saying he hasn't improved over how he was in 2003, but he was not a bad back then either).

I don't see how he should have garnered any votes.

As far as Teddy Bruschi, please keep in mind the award isn't titled "OMG PLAYER WHO STOPPED PLAYING BUT RETURNED AND HAD MOST YARDS AND MOST BANG BANG AND MOST GUSTO WHEN HE PLAYED", it's comeback player of the year. I'm guessing some voters thought returned from a stroke was more impressive, and some thought returning from a debiliating injury and putting up near MVP numbers was more impressive. Personally I'd go more with the former, but I'm not inclined to insult people who vote for the latter.

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First, Ricky was mentally ill.
2nd, if its about severity of what they're recovering from and not production, why didn't Robert Edwards get it a few years ago? Maddox got it instead.