Tyler's Mid Season Awards

Offensive Player of the Year – Aaron Rodgers

Even with the fact that Rodgers has gotten sacked a league high 28 times this year, the reigning MVP still has an NFL leading 21 tds.  That’s not even the best part of his season; to the 21 tds he has ONLY 4 interceptions. He is also second in the NFL in completion percentage, forth in passing yards, and is second in QBR; those are some ridiculous numbers for a guy that gets absolutely no time to throw the ball.  But this was a lot closer than one would think; Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan and Adrian Peterson could have definitely been considered for this prestigious award.

Defensive Player of The Year. JJ Watt            

                        

Too bad you can’t give this award to a whole defense, because everything about the Bears defense has been flawless.  Well this would be everyone’s no doubt number one correct?  Watt currently has a league leading 9.5 sacks along with 2 fumble recoveries. 34 total tackles, which is 3^rd among defensive linemen. These stats alone might him considered for the award, but if you add his 10 pass deflections, YES 10! This stat is plain scary, the athleticism in this dude is unreal.  Guys like Jarius Byrd, Jerrod Mayo, Charles Tillman, and Tim Jennings were really close to stealing this award, but Watts 10 pass deflections just keep him above the rest of the pack.

 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year –Robert Griffin

 RGIII is really an electrifying player to watch, he can do it all.  He has a stellar arm and may be the fastest QB to ever play the game.  RGIII is 5^th in the NFL in completion percentage, 7^th in QBR, and 3^rd in yards per attempt.  Now this is just half of RGIII’s repertoire.  Griffin has some ridiculous numbers on the ground; he has accumulated 476 rushing yards, a 6.8 yard per carry, and is 2^nd in rushing tds with 6, only behind Arian Foster with 9. He will also be the NFC rookie of the year,  also the no doubt offensive rookie of the year so far beating out the likes of Josh Gordon, Alfred Morris, Andrew Luck and the stud kicker Blair Walsh.

 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year– Chandler Jones

This was another no doubter, Jones is quickly becoming one of the elite DE’s in the league. He is leading all rookies in sacks with 6.0, forced fumbles with 3, and tackles by a defensive lineman with 33.  He also is 10^th in total tackles for all rookies as d-linemen, and is 4^th in total tackles by d-linemen in the whole NFL.  If Jones keeps this tear up he will also be considered for the Defensive MVP too, Also taking the AFC rookie of the year honors.

NFL Comeback Player of the Year – Adrian Peterson

 AP is most definitely super human, after an injury plagued season last year he still rushed for 973 yards.  After tearing both his ACL and MCL in January, usually a year or more to recover, he came back and was in the starting lineup week 1.  This dude is a freak of nature and is leading the NFL in rushing.  If this story doesn’t pump you up I don’t know what will. I hope he continues on this role and leads the league in rushing all year, because he deserves it putting in all the hard work to make it back so quick.

 NFL Coach of the Year – Lovie Smith       

                                                                                                                                                                                               Lovie’s Chicago Bears are currently 6-1 and have one of the best defenses I have ever seen.  I know the Falcons are 7-0 but they have had continuous above average seasons.  I think what Lovie is doing in Chicago is stellar and I am really thinking they are the real deal.  Even with the spotty Jay Cutler, and the under producing Matt Forte the bears are finding ways to win in one of the toughest divisions in the NFL.  This team’s offense clearly is not one of the best in the league, 26^th in total yards per game, and bottom 5 in every team passing category. Matt Forte hasn’t been his normal self with only recording one game with 100+ yards and only 2TD’s.  No need to give statistics about their Defense because we all know that they are the best defense in the league, maybe one of the best to ever play the game.