Best Of Nominations

[GridIronKing34]

This is for the nominations for the Best of Categories. Please give us your top three for each category.. You may NOT vote for yourself. Deadline to vote is Tuesday, April 29th, 12:01 AM.

Best of Trades
--Team you feel made the best trades for the better of their team.
Best of Free Agency
--Team you feel made the best free agency moves this year.
Best of Draft
--Team you feel had the best draft this year.
Trade of the Year
--Biggest trade for the GM League this year.
Free Agent Steal of the Year
--How did this GM get this guy so cheap?
Draft Steal of the Year
--How did this GM get this guy so late in the draft?
Rookie GM of the Year
--The best new GM this year
Most Improved GM
--The GM who has improved the most from last year

The following teams/GMs are eligible:

Miami Dolphins - schisno

Buffalo Bills - sports24/7*
New England Patriots - Phinzone*

Pittsburgh Steelers - Sean​

Cleveland Browns - Gish*
Baltimore Ravens - Smoke*

Tennessee Titans - GridIronKing34​

Houston Texans – Paul 13*​

San Diego Chargers - saves
Oakland Raiders - PublixSubsRule*​

Kansas City Chiefs - Regan21286*​

Dallas Cowboys - Sancho​

New York Giants – Majpain*​

Washington Redskins - UCFinFan86*​

Philadelphia Eagles - JTBRLZ

Green Bay Packers - vinlakers22​

Minnesota Vikings - Stitches​

Detroit Lions - Straztheman

Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Skeet84*​

Carolina Panthers - adamprez2003​

New Orleans Saints – Saint Greg​

Atlanta Falcons – biggtyme13*

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Arizona Cardinals - Disguistipate*​

San Francisco 49ers -- NewEra8
St Louis Rams -- TractorTraylor

 

[GridIronKing34]

I'll be the first to throw in my nominations I guess... Please post comments about nominations in the Talk Amongst Yourself thread, not in here. This thread is for nominations only. Thanks.

Best of Trades:
1. Miami Dolphins
2. Dallas Cowboys
3. Atlanta Falcons

Best of Free Agency
1. New Orleans Saints
2. Baltimore Ravens
3. Miami Dolphins

Best of Draft
1. Minnesota Vikings
2. Dallas Cowboys
3. Miami Dolphins

Trade of the Year
1. Adrian Peterson Deal #1 (Minn/Oak)
2. Adrian Peterson Deal #2 (Oak/NE)
3. Tom Brady Deal (NE/NYJ)

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Brian Williams (Saints @ 2 mil)
2. Justin Smiley (Rams @ 950K)
3. Tommy Kelly (Bucs @ 1 mil)

Draft Steal of the Year
1. Kentwan Balmer (New Orleans Saints @ #40)
2. Felix Jones (Tampa Bay @ #39)
3. Chad Henne (Atlanta @ #81)

Rookie GM of the Year
1. sports24/7
2. Smoke
3. Skeet84

Most Improved GM of the Year
1. Straztheman
2. Sean
3. Stitches

 

[schisno]

Best of Trades:
1. Jacksonville Jaguars
2. Houston Texans
3. San Francisco 49ers

Best of Free Agency
1. St Louis Rams
2. Seattle Seahawks
3. Chicago Bears

Best of Draft
1. Seattle Seahawks
2. New York Giants
3. Tenessee Titans

Trade of the Year
1. Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Anthony Gonzalez, Marlin Jackson for Carson Palmer, Chad Johnson, Reggie Williams, Brian Williams (Jaguars/Colts)
2. D'Qwell Jackson, Brodney Pool for Vernon Davis, Michael Lewis, Round 6 (#168 & 190) (49ers/Browns)
3. Jeremy Shockey for Round 2 (#47) (Giants/Bengals)

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Drayton Florence - 2.5 Million (Titans)
2. Rex Grossman - 400K (Panthers)
3. Calvin Pace - 1.2 Million (Seahawks)

Draft Steal of the Year
1. Adrian Arrington, Michigan (#179) - Lions
2. Chad Rhinehart, Northern Iowa (#202) - Rams
3. Jonathan Goff, vanderbilt (#82) - Cardinals

Rookie GM of the Year
1. Phinzone
2. PublixSubsRule
3. Majpain

Most Improved GM of the Year
1. GridIronKing
2. Straztheman
3. Alex44

 

[gish]

How do I know who is a rookie?

 

[gish]

Best of Trades
--New England Patriots--
--Detroit Lions--
--Miami Dolphins--

Best of Free Agency
--Tampa Bay Buccaneers--
--Atlanta Falcons--
--New York Giants--

Best of Draft
--Minnesota Vikings--
--Houston Texans--
--New York Giants--

Trade of the Year
--AD, Hester to New England for Welker, #1 , 69, 114, 119, 159 overall--
--AD to Oakland for Adewale Ogunleye, #4, 30, and 78 overall--
--Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Darrell Jackson to Detroit for Kevin Jones, Calvin Johnson, and Daniel Bulllocks--

Free Agent Steal of the Year
--Tom Ashworth, Tampa Bay--
--Reggie Torbor, Houston--
--Willie McGinest, Miami--

Draft Steal of the Year
--Joe Flacco, #55, Miami--
--Darrell Robertson, #145, Minnesota--
--Devin Thomas, #34, Tampa Bay--

Rookie GM of the Year
--Phinzone--
--biggtyme13--
--Majpain--

Most Improved GM
--Not qualified to make that call--
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[Regan21286]

How do I know who is a rookie?

Just about to ask that.

 

[GridIronKing34]

I put asterisks next to the rookies FYI.

 

[Regan21286]

Best of Trades:
1. New England Patriots
2. Dallas Cowboys
3. Detroit Lions

Best of Free Agency
1. Seattle Seahawks
2. Baltimore Ravens
3. Miami Dolphins

Best of Draft
1. New York Giants
2. Minnesota Vikings
3. Houston Texans

Trade of the Year
1. Patriots Wes Welker, 1st round pick (#1), 3rd round pick (#69), 4th round picks (#114 and 119), 5th round pick (#159) to Raiders for Adrian Peterson, Devin Hester
2. Patriots#7 overall pick, Ellis Hobbs, Brandon, 4th round pick (127th overall) to Miami for #1 Overall pick, 4th round (#97 overall pick)
3. 49er's Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Darrell Jackson to Detroit for Kevin Jones, Calvin Johnson, and Daniel Bulllocks

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Dominique Foxworth, (Falcons $1.8M)
2. Tedy Bruschi, (Rams $300K)
3. DeShaun Foster, (Panthers, $400K)

Draft Steal of the Year
1. Devin Thomas (Buccaneers @ #34)
2. Tracy Porter (Panthers @ #60)
3. Jordy Nelson (Giants @ #128)

Rookie GM of the Year
1. Phinzone
2. Skeet84
3. Majpain

Most Improved GM of the Year
1. Straztheman
2. adamprez2003
3. Sean

 

[Smoke]

Best of Trades:
1. Detroit Lions
2. Miami Dolphins
3. Jacksonville Jaguars

Best of Free Agency
1. Seattle Seahawks
2. New Orleans Saints
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Best of Draft
1. Minnesota Vikings
2. New York Giants
3. Tennessee Titans

Trade of the Year
1.
Patriots Get:
Adrian Peterson, Devin Hester
Raiders Get:
Wes Welker, 1st round (#1), 3rd round (#69) 4th round (#114) and (119), 5th round pick (#159)

2.
The Lions Send-
Kevin Jones, Calvin Johnson, Daniel Bullocks
49ers Send-
Frank Gore, Darrell Jackson, Patrick Willis

3.
New England Patriots send-
Tom Brady, Pick #73 (3rd), Pick 191 (6th)
New York Jets send-
LB David Harris and 1st round pick(#6 overall)


Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Seahawks- Calvin Pace $1.2M
2. Bucs- Tommy Kelly $1M
3. 49ers- Rudi Johnson $2M

Draft Steal of the Year
1. Buffalo Bills: #42, Jerod Mayo, LB, Tennessee
2. Chicago Bears: #207, Keenan Burton, WR, Kentucky
3. St. Louis Rams: #202. Chad Rhinehart, OG, Northern Iowa

Rookie GM of the Year
1. Majpain
2. Phinzone
3. PublixSubsRule

Most Improved GM
1. Straztheman
2. schisno
3. skeet84

 

[Paul 13]

Best of Trades
1. Miami
2. New England
3. Detroit

Best of Free Agency
1. Tampa Bay
2. Miami
3. Tennessee

Best of Draft
1. Miami
2. Minnesota
3. Kansas City

Trade of the Year
1. AP from Oak
2. AP to Oak
3. The Willis/Gore trade to Detroit

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Isaac Sopoaga 300k by Miami
2. Andre Davis 300k by New Orleans
3. Flozell Adams 3mill by San Fran

Draft Steal of the Year
1. Branden Albert by Miami (pick 23)
2. Chad Henne by Atlanta (pick 81)
3. Devin Thomas by Tampa Bay (pick 34)
Honorable mentions...
Jeremy Zuttah by Buffalo (pick 138)
Eddie Royal by Carolina (pick 108)
John Greco by Seattle (pick 153)

Rookie GM of the Year
1. Phinzone
2. Sports 24/7
3. Skeet84

Most Improved GM (beats me, I'm a rookie but I'll vote for the three vets who did very well that I didn't vote for much above)
1. adamprez2003
2. TractorTraylor
3. stratztheman

 

[Majpain]

Best of Trades
Detroit Lions-Straztheman
Miami Dolphins-Schisno
New England Patriots-Phinzone

Best of Free Agency

Best of Draft
Minnesota Vikings-Stitches
Miami Dolphins-Schisno
Detroit Lions-Straztheman

Trade of the Year
Both Peterson trades.

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Antwaun Molden 300K -Sports24/7
Dominique Barber 300K-Paul13
Drayton Florence 2.5 Mil-GIK34

Draft Steal of the Year
Duane Brown-Stitches
Jerod Mayo-Sports24/7
Felix Jones-Skeet

Rookie GM of the Year
No idea
Most Improved GM
No idea

 

[Straztheman]

Best of Trades:
1. Dallas Cowboys
2. New England Patriots
3. Miami Dolphins

Best of Free Agency
1. Tennesee Titans
2. Baltimore Ravens
3. Miami Dolphins

Best of Draft
1. Miami Dolphins
2. Minnesota Vikings
3. Dallas Cowboys

Trade of the Year
1. Adrian Peterson Deal #1 (Minn/Oak)
2. Tom Brady Trade with Jets
3. Adrian Peterson Deal #2 (Oak/NE)

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Deshaun Foster 400k
2. Drayton Florence 2.5M
3. Calvin Pace 1.2M


Draft Steal of the Year
1. Devin Thomas
2. Chad Henne
3. Joe Flacco

Rookie GM of the Year
1. Smoke
2. Skeet84
3. Phinzone

Most Improved GM of the Year
1. Alex44
2. Sean
3. TractorTraylor

 

[sports24/7]

Best of Trades:
1. Miami Dolphins
2. Detroit Lions
3. New England Patriots

Best of Free Agency
1. Tampa Bay Bucs
2. New Orleans Saints
3. Tennesee Titans

Best of Draft
1. Minnesota Vikings
2. Miami Dolphins
3. Seattle Seahawks

Trade of the Year
1. Vikings Get:
1st Round Pick (#4)
1st Round Pick (#30)
3rd Round Pick (#78)
Adewale Ogunleye - $4,700,000

Raiders Get:
Adrian Peterson - $370,000

2. Bears Get:
Terrell Owens - 4,000,000 -
Akin Adoyele - 2,500,000 -
2nd (62)
3rd (93)
6th (189)
7th (220)

Cowboys Get:
Tommie Harris - 977,500 -
2nd (45)
3rd (76)
3rd (91)
Adrian Peterson - 605,000 -

3. The Lions Send-
Kevin Jones 2,370,000
Calvin Johnson 3,483,438
Daniel bullocks 445,000


49ers Send
Gore, Frank 2,562,000.00
Jackson, Darrell 3,800,000.00
Willis, Patrick 370,000.00

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Tommy Kelly 1M
2. Calvin Pace 1.2M
3. Justin Fargas 550K


Draft Steal of the Year
1. John Greco
2. Jerome Simpson
3. Trevor Laws

Rookie GM of the Year
1. Smoke
2. Phinzone
3. biggtyme13

Most Improved GM of the Year
1. schisno
2. GridIronKing34
3. Straztheman

 

[Phinzone]

Best of Trades:
1. Miami Dolphins
2. Detroit Lions
3. Dallas Cowboys

Best of Free Agency
1. Baltimore Ravens
2. New Orleans Saints
3. Cleveland Browns

Best of Draft
1. Minnesota Vikings
2. Cleveland Browns
3. Seattle Seahawks

Trade of the Year
1. 49er's Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Darrell Jackson to Detroit for Kevin Jones, Calvin Johnson, and Daniel Bulllocks

2. Raiders Pick (#4) Pick (#30) Pick (#78) Adewale Ogunleye for Vikings Adrian Peterson

3. Dolphins RD 3 - Pick 1 (#65), Greg Camarillo, Derek Hagan For Cardinal's Larry Fitzgerald



Draft Steal of the Year
1. Jordy Nelson
2. Cody Wallace
3. Kentwan Balmer

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Calvin Pace
2. Justin Smiley
3. Tommy Kelley

Rookie GM of the Year
1. PublixSubsRule
2. biggtyme13
3. Smoke

Most Improved GM of the Year

Not Qualified