Casting The Vote

Well friends today is election day, so in honor of that I'm am doing my mid-season NFL awards.

Coach of the Year. This has to be a no brainier right? I personally think Jeff Fisher is the coach of the year. Jim Zorn and Mike Smith have both done a hell of a job and in the case of Smith far exceeded expectations, but Fisher's team is 8-0 both Smith and Zorn's team have 3 losses. People thought the Titans could make the playoffs but no one saw this coming. The best defense i have seen since the 2000 Ravens, a wide receiving core that you can pick up in your local supermarket, and a qb that is suppose to be washed up, Kerry Collins is showing teams like Dallas the importance of a solid backup qb. Vince I Want too Die Young has been MIA all season long, and there was no way anyone could have seen Slash and Dash (White, CJ) do as well as they have. All these factors add up to Jeff Fisher having his finest coaching season to date.

MVP. It pains me to write this but i have to give the man his credit. Cliton Portis and your twenty alter-egos have been the first half mvp. Portis had rushed for 120 yards in 5 consecutive games. C-Port has been averaging a 110 yards a game. The season that Portis has been having is the reason why Jason Campbell's Soup is having such a good season. Teams have stacking the box in order to stop Portis allowing Campbell to have one on one coverage on the outside and easier passing lanes. Portis has 172 more rushing yards than All Day Peterson who is second in rushing. One thing that's safe to say about portis is that Portis has his paper straight homie(see tirade on radio show earlier in year).

Rookie of the Year. This is a very difficult choice for me. First we have Chris Johnson. Johnson has run for 715 yards, averaging 4.9 yards per carry, he also has 24 grabs for 164. With all that said I am going to have to take Matt Ryan. Ryan's first ever pass was a td, he has come into the toughest situation a rookie qb could have come into, a team that just lose the face of the franchise to jail, and a team that most thought would win 2 games. Then there are his numbers. He has 9 td's to only 5 picks, and 1661 passing yards. If you need anymore proof that Ryan is rookie of the year, just look at his past three games, 23-30 301 yards 1td, 23-44 277 yards 2tds 2 int, 17-22 220 yards 2td's as the season goes along Ryan continues to get better.

Biggest Bust. At first i thought Chad Ocho Cinco, but with Palmer out i cant but him here. Then i thought the Dallas Cowboys, but with Romo out i also can not put them here. How about the Jags who were crowned preseason paper champs by many idiots, well the fact that there o-line is no longer in tact and the fact the Collier is playing dancing with the stars i could not pencil them here either. So her is my winner... the Chargers D. The once vaunted defense has went 9 quarters without a sack or int. Yes they lost Merriman but they have almost everyone back from last years team, including the most over rated/hyped corner in fb in Crokematie. Ted Cotrell was the scapegoat for a defense that 2 years ago was tops in the NFL. They have as much talent as anyone in fb, but i question their heart and motivation at this point.

Ryan Leaf Award. This may be the last award JaMarcus Russell ever receives in his life. The sad thing is that Al Davis will never admit that Russell will be a bust, another sad thing is that Russell has alot of upside, unfortunately for him he is in a bad offense and also he is a idiot just watch this guys press conference. Lets just look at Russell's last outing to prove my point. He went 6-19 31 yards 1int. That is not a misprint, 31 yards, are you serious, somewhere Charles Barkley is saying that's terrrribllle Erine. Russell often looks lost in the pocket, and seems like he can not make reads and check downs. Just think Oakland Terrell Pryor will be eligible in just 2 years.

Sean Taylor Award. First off this is not a slight against ST, let me make that clear. This award goes to the guy most likely to end up like him though. The winner of this prestigious award is none other than Javon Walker. Walker danced with death just a a few months ago when he mysteriously ended up in a alleyway in Vegas beaten up and broke. No one knows how in the hell Walker got to that point, police say they have no leads, this is bullshit somewhere out there is Pacman Jones sipping on his McDonald's soda with a bag in his other hand walking out of a courthouse. Walker escaped death once i predicate he wont twice. If you have seen Final Destination you know you cant cheat death twice, so with this said, when Al Davis comes calling with his sawed off shotgun pissed that Javon has taken his 40 million and ran off to Vegas with it i think we will have another fb player in heaven chilling with ST, and Gene Upchuck.