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When people complain that football is too soft now, they should have to live 1 day with the side effects of former players and see if they are still spewing that nonsense.
Is this the appropriate place for cliches about football being too soft now when it used to be for real men and how the game has been ruined and it's now flag football, or no?
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wheres MVP Cam at ........https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2016/01/19/pro-pff-superlative-awards/Best Deep Passer: Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers
Deep passing stats are often skewed by the quality of the wide receiver, as downfield throws involve more tracking, hand fighting, and positioning than shorter throws. So looking at the stats is not always the best way to determine the best deep-ball thrower, but our grades take into consideration the timing and ball location of each throw, as well as crediting the quarterback for well-placed passes that are dropped. For that reason, Roethlisberger was the league’s best downfield thrower, as he consistently launched well-placed passes all season. He led the league with a +27.4 grade on passes thrown at least 20 yards in the air (0.0 is average).
Runner-up: Carson Palmer, Arizona Cardinals
Best Intermediate Passer: Carson Palmer, Arizona Cardinals
This is where Palmer dominated, grading at +45.1 at the intermediate level. Between the numbers, he was 58-for-79 for 998 yards, six touchdowns, and two interceptions, good for a passer rating of 130.1.
Runner-up: Tom Brady, New England Patriots
Best Short Passer: Tom Brady, New England Patriots
Brady is always among the league’s best in the short game, and he topped the grades again in 2015. His accuracy percentage of 84.4 percent ranked fifth in the league, and his 22 touchdowns led the NFL.
Runner-up: Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals
Best Under Pressure: Carson Palmer, Arizona Cardinals
Palmer’s +14.6 grade under pressure led the league, and his passer rating of 92.2 ranked second.
Runner-up: Tom Brady, New England Patriots
Most Elusive: Doug Martin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Martin rejuvenated his career by grading as our top runner while also leading with an elusive rating of 65.7. He forced a league-high 57 missed tackles and picked up 3.1 yards after contact per rush.
Runner-up: Mark Ingram, New Orleans Saints
Best Hands: Jason Witten, Dallas Cowboys
With all due respect to Jeremy Maclin of the Kansas City Chiefs (two drops in the last two seasons on 184 catchable passes), Witten didn’t drop any of his 77 catchable passes, so he gets the nod. Credit Maclin, however, who turned his once perceived average hands into the league’s best among wide receivers.
Runner-up: Jeremy Maclin, Kansas City Chiefs
Best Deep Threat: Allen Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars
No wide receiver helped his quarterback as much as Robinson, who led the league with 672 yards on deep passes, a PFF record dating back to 2007. Whether running away from defenders or leaping over them to extend a drive, Robinson made big plays happen all season long for the Jaguars.
Runner-up: Sammy Watkins, Buffalo Bills
Best Slot Receiver: Doug Baldwin, Seattle Seahawks
Baldwin ran away with all of the slot awards this year, leading in yards (1,007), touchdowns (12), and yards per route run (2.46). He also caught a league-high 83.1 percent of his slot targets.
Runner-up: Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals
Most Disciplined: Andrew Norwell, Carolina Panthers
Norwell played 834 snaps without committing a penalty, the only guard to play at least 500 snaps and avoid any flags.
Runner-up: Rob Havenstein, St. Louis Rams
Iron Man: James Laurinaitis, St. Louis Rams
With 1,183 snaps, Laurinaitis saw more action than any linebacker in the league, and for the seventh straight year of his career, he played more than 99.0 percent of team’s snaps.
Runner-up: J.J. Watt, Houston Texans
Best Tackler: Corey Graham, Buffalo Bills
Graham had only three missed tackles on 104 attempts, one every 35.7 attempts. It was the best rate among linebackers and safeties.
Runner-up: K.J. Wright, Seattle Seahawks
Ball Hawk: Delvin Breaux, New Orleans Saints
Breaux had 15 passes defended and three interceptions, getting his hand on 22.0 percent of his 82 targets to lead the league.
Runner-up: Johnathan Joseph, Houston Texans
Best Blitzer: Dont’a Hightower, New England Patriots
Hightower led all linebackers with a 94.0 pass rush rating, picking up four sacks, two hits, and 18 hurries on 116 rushes. Even though some of that came as a pure edge rusher, few linebackers attack the “A” gap like Hightower.
Runner-up: Anthony Barr, Minnesota Vikings
Best run-stopping safety: Reshad Jones, Miami Dolphins
Jones set a PFF record with 38 run stops, and he finished with the top grade against run among safeties.
Runner-up: Harrison Smith, Minnesota Vikings
Antwaan Randle El regrets playing football, says he suffers from memory loss and can barely walk down the stairs https://t.co/clrd9shvRf
— Kelyn Soong (@KelynSoong) January 19, 2016
I have to be on my knees praying about it, asking God to allow me to not have these issues and live a long life. I want to see my kids raised up. I want to see my grandkids.”
When people complain that football is too soft now, they should have to live 1 day with the side effects of former players and see if they are still spewing that nonsense.
Cam Newton and Tom Brady should tear their ACLs in this weekend.
please dear lord baby jesus let Bradford walk some place else.. hopefully the eagles land a QB early this year to build around
wonder what Pederson is gonna do with the QB situation.
"They knew what they were getting into""Garble, garble, there are no studies supporting blah, blah, blah inconclusive data. Fairy something, something, man's game."
draftBrock Osweilerto the eagles
Namath was the original @TimidTebow.Yo I'm watching the Namath doc on HBO...the man was a straight goon.
Delvin Breaux is far and away my breakout player this year. He was everything Brandon Browner was not this season. Great story though: Fractured 3 vertebrae in HS. Undrafted out of LSU because he was never cleared to play, although his scholly was honored. Played everywhere: GDFL, AFL, CFL. CFL All-Star in '14. According to PFF, led by 3 percentage points in highest amount of targets defended or intercepted.
"They knew what they were getting into"
One of my favorites because it's so untrue but said with such confidence.
Common sense? Scientific community hadn't published/discovered the full extent of these head injuries until about 10 years ago AND the NFL was working full time to deny it. It's only the past 3 years the media has even taken it on as an issue.Untrue how? What person doesn't realize having your head bashed repeatedly can have health effects. I knew this as a child. Your basically saying these men who have attended college in some form don't have common sense.
this.Untrue how? What person doesn't realize having your head bashed repeatedly can have health effects. I knew this as a child. Your basically saying these men who have attended college in some form don't have common sense."They knew what they were getting into"
One of my favorites because it's so untrue but said with such confidence.
money > health
That's the choice they made.
You knew there were greater injury risks. You didn't know the extent of the risks and you didn't know that permanent brain damage was almost guaranteed and could leave you with dementia at 40. When you're weighing the pros and cons of a career (and you don't have a lot of other options) the details matter.
this.
I played baseball instead of Football from a young age up until college because i knew the risks of injury were greater in football than baseball not that i wasnt good enough.
i guess thats why i really dont feel remorse for these guys because youd have to be an idiot to decide to make a living out football without understanding the risks.
Brock Osweiler to the eagles
Common sense? Scientific community hadn't published/discovered the full extent of these head injuries until about 10 years ago AND the NFL was working full time to deny it. It's only the past 3 years the media has even taken it on as an issue.
Most people still don't know that no helmet comes close to minimizing the impact of head injuries, and that high schoolers who played on the line show permanent effects of brain damage.
Certainly when Randle El was a kid these things were not shared in the public domain.