(S27) PT3 - We're halfway there

[Mavfatha]

It looks to me like a 3-way race for the best human controlled offensive lineman this season. On the raw numbers side, it's hard to argue with Tremblay of the Liberty. Though his efforts are not really leading to team success or anything, he's the league leader in pancakes by such a large gap right now that I can not really imagine anyone catching him on that side of things. On the other hand, he's given up 2 sacks so far, which is not a huge number but it is at least something of a knock against his case for this award. That leaves open some room for the next two competitors to have a chance at catching up to him in the voting. Those next two would be Buckley of the Wraiths and Mellott of the Second Line. Buckley has the advantage of playing on a better team, while Mellott is making it work despite the struggles of New Orleans. They each have about the same number of pancakes - though about 15 behind Tremblay each - but their main points for getting to this award is the fact that neither has allowed a sack. If that keeps up and one of them can also make up a bit of ground on the pancakes, I'd put them as the favorite for the award, but right now it's Tremblay's to lose.