Here we go with my ranking before week 15 of the season as to who is in the hunt for each positional award, even if they aren't real awards.
Mike Boss Jr. is the other one in the running for QBOTY. He is about 850 yards behind Jack as of fourteen games. He is only four touchdowns behind with 37, second most, he leads the league in passer completion and has the second highest rating at 103.7, the only other quarter back above 100 at this point. Depending on how the last two games go, he could end up having an amazing season that would normally have won him some awards, but if Colby stays on pace, he would just get beat out on a historic season for the record books.
Nick Kaepercolin is worth mentioning since he is having a great year as well. He is third in touchdowns thrown with 32, has a completion percentage of 65.5 percent, and a rating of 99.1. If the last two weeks go well for him, he could end up very close to Mike Boss Jr in stats at the end. Do I think he is going to win the award, well no. But I think he should be mentioned for the season he is having so far.
Tatsu Nakamura is the front runner when looking at the index for rushing. League leader in rushing attempts, rushing yards and tied for the lead in rushing touchdowns. A quick glance at the index and you assume he is the winner, barring two bad games by him. Also a solid average with four people in the top area having higher than his 4.7 yards a carry. If Tatsu has two good games to finish out the season, then I think he wins the award. If not, it could be up for grabs depending.
Richard Gilbert is most likely not your second ranked running back at this point, but hear me out. He is tied for the most rushing touchdowns in the league with 17, which is a huge number to have in only fourteen games. I know his yards are on the low side with only 805, and his average is low at 4.1 yards a carry. But, look at those numbers and then think about 17 touchdowns with those stats. Now, also take into account his five receiving touchdowns as well, and now he is the league leader in touchdowns, not including quarter backs of course. Tatsu only adds one touchdown through the air for a total of 22 vs 18 touchdowns. If Gilbert goes off these last two games, he has a legit argument for RBOTY.
Goat Tank is the first man out at the moment for the race. He has had a great first season at running back after swapping for this season. Sitting 251 carries and 1124 yards on the ground, with eleven touchdowns and an average yards per carry of 4.5. Those are really good numbers through fourteen games. He has the second most yards on the ground. If he has two great games, he could be in the talks if both of the people listed above him have bad games. But I think at this point, he is on pace for a pro bowl caliber season, but no award.
Danny King Jr. is right there with Goat Tank in the just out of the talks for RBOTY. Sitting on 231 carries for 1042 yards for an average of 4.5 yards a carry, same as Tank. He also has thirteen touchdowns, which is good for third most on the ground, and his yards are good for fourth most on the ground. Solid season, another pro bowl candidate, but most likely not an award, but he could manage a few more touchdowns and be right there with Tatsu and Gilbert. The last two games will show us.
Zoe Watts is the final contender for RBOTY, and honestly Watts is kind of a honorable mention here. Wanted to mention Watts has the top yards per carry through fourteen games at 5.2. 182 carries and almost 1000 yards with eleven touchdowns as well. A good season, just not quite on par with the people listed above.
Jamar Lackson is getting small shoutout here due to his combined totals between rushing and receiving. He is sitting on 1392 yards combined with twelve touchdowns as well. Not many backs out there getting that many yards in the ground and through the air. He won't win the award, but he should get some props for what he is doing.
Kai Sakura is the current favorite to win the award. He is sitting on 97 receptions for a whopping 1603 yards for an average of 16.5. Solid numbers for a whole season right there, oh wait we have two games left. And I forgot he is tied for the touchdown lead with thirteen so far. If he stays on pace, at the least he will finish with a top five all time season in yards. He is two touchdowns from equaling the fourth place spot of fifteen, so he has a shot of getting the solo fourth spot or potentially moving into the top two spots. I guess if he does what he has been doing, he is the clear front runner, but there are a couple of others who are not that far behind. So, really, this is his spot to lose.
Cmon Skiuuup is in sole possession of the second spot due to him having good games almost every week in the past six. I was going to put him as a tie, but after looking, if he continues doing what he has done, he will be hard to pass. He is tied with Sakura with thirteen touchdowns, also having 1309 yards and an average of 15.2 yards a reception. He could easily end up with fifteen or sixteen touchdowns and 1500 yards to finish the season. A pro bowl year for sure. But he isn't far ahead of the next guy.
Mark Walker is just a small step behind Skiuuup in stats. Walker is sitting sixth in yardage and sits just one behind the leaders in touchdowns with twelve. He is another receiver who has turned it on in the final few weeks having had multiple two touchdown games to really surge up the index. The crazy part is he is doing this with Sakura sitting four spots above him, but on the same team. If Walker has two more good games, he could easily move up the list and finish as a top five receiver on the index and in terms of voting. Most likely a candidate for pro bowl, but not WROTY.
William Lim is the current leader in yards, yet I have him in fourth for the award. He is sitting on 1647 yards, but he is doing it by getting force fed targets like crazy. He is a volume man, and there is nothing wrong with that, but when you only have six touchdowns, less than half of Sakura, and only have a 44 yard lead, well you really are way off from being considered. Unless he gets three touchdowns a game for the last two and Sakura does nothing, I don't think he can get ahead of him in voting. Bu that said, he somehow always gets tons and tons of yards.
Videl-San always seems to be in the mix for awards, but never quite breaks into the top two or three. Videl is having a good season. Currently fourth in yards and first in yards per reception. The only issue is that Videl is only clearly ahead in that one stat, San does have nine touchdowns, which is a good number for fourteen games, but with out getting a minimum of three in the last two games and most of the ones above on the list getting a few, Videl will once again be on the outside looking in for this award, but a pro bowl caliber season non the less.
There are various other Receivers having good years, but none of them really are close enough for mention, now after tonights games, it is possible that could change. We shall see.
James Angler is the receiving front runner at the moment. It is not a big lead, as the other tight end in this race has more pancakes. Angler is sitting on 81 catches for 866 yards and ten touchdowns through the fourteen games. When it comes to blocking, he is the clear number two of these two guys, with only 40 pancakes, but also having given up two sacks so far. Depending on how these last two games play out, this is a close race at the moment.
Zee Rechs is the only other tight end in consideration. He has the pancake lead, but falls a little behind in the receiving department. He has the clear lead in blocking with 51 pancakes and a whopping zero sacks given up. In receiving he is a little behind with 75 for 759 yards and nine touchdowns, so really not a huge difference.
Tight end race will come down to the last game of the season, if Angler keeps having issues blocking, you could easily make a case for Rechs being the better tight end.
Bruce Buckley is the current leader in my book based on his 114 pancakes to zero sacks given up, now he is only one pancake ahead of the second place guy at the moment. Personally I think not giving up sacks is a better indicator of how good an offensive lineman really is. And I know the wraiths pass a lot, so you know Buckley is constantly being called on to block for his quarter back, and he seems to do a great job at it.
Mo Magic is a close second after fourteen games played with 113 pancakes and also zero sacks given up. The Butchers have passed twenty less attempts through the fourteen games, so Magic is better at getting pancakes per drop back, but also hasn't had as many chances to give up sacks, so to me I think it keeps them in this order. Two more games will make a difference for sure.
Jaja Ding Dong is the current pancake leader with a whopping 127, the only reason he isn't number one on this list, he has given up a sack, where neither of the other two have. Again, I think the number one job of a lineman is not let your quarter back get sacked(yes you could argue opening up holes for the running back is also up there, but I play a wide receiver so I am biased in this article). But with two games left, if the other two give up a sack each, then it looks like Ding Dong could move up and take the lead.
Alexander Franklin is fifth in pancakes with 113 and has a solo sack allowed. Putting him in fourth for this list. Depending on how the last two games go, I could see him moving a little on this list, but most likely will not pass Magic at any point.
Calvin Golladay is tied for second in pancakes, but has given up two sacks, the only person on this list to do that. Odds are he isn't moving up this list at all. Unless he gets more pancakes and someone equals his total for sacks at the end of the season.
All of these guys are having good seasons, all should be on the ballot for the pro bowl.
On to the other side of the ball. Starting with
Daniel Foster is my current leader for this award. Currently sitting on 100 tackles, a solid ten ahead of second, three forced fumbles and two recovered fumbles, two picks and 23 pass disruptions. The top few guys are very close together, but I think the combo of tackles, fumbles forced and recovered and the two picks puts Foster in the lead with two games left.
Swantavius Jones is my current two A pick. His stats are in my opinion slightly better than my two B pick. This can easily change between now and two more games. He is sitting on 88 tackles(tied for third) with one forced fumble and one recovery, two interceptions, but his biggest stat is his 38 pass disruptions, well above anyone else on this list. And I think anything you do to stop a completion is worth looking at.
Andrew Witten is my number two B pick as of fourteen games. His stats are different, but still very good. Hard to decide which one is better than the other. With two games left, I hope it will be more clear at the end. He is sitting with 86 tackles and two forced and recovered fumbles, four picks, 22 pass disruptions and a touchdown. Close and hard to rank these top guys for sure.
Colt Mendoza is not far behind these other three, like I said it gets very tricky trying to rank this position off the index alone. If I knew how many touchdowns and other stats given up, I imagine this list could look way different. Anyways, Colt has 78 tackles, three forced and recovered fumbles, one sack, four picks and 29 pass disruptions. Solid numbers across the board. Could easily end up making a case for top corner back after the last two games.
That is all I am going to list for corner back at the moment. I will do some more research before my final post as there are too many other stats that matter to actually really rank the corner backs.
Guy Fields seems to be the somewhat clear number one right now. But again, that can quickly change, it only takes one guy near him in ranking balling out. He is sitting on 100 tackles(one behind number one), three for a loss, eleven sacks and four forced fumbles with one recovery, eight pass disruptions and a safety. It just seems like he can do it all. All around good line backer play, hard to argue with it in my opinion.
Brach Thomaslacher is the number two dude at the line backer position. He is another does it all type guy, while he isn't the best any of them, he does them all pretty well. He has 97 tackles, one for a loss, one fumble forced and recovered, eleven sacks, one interception, ten pass disruptions and a single touchdown. Again, we have another all around do it all style linebacker.
Tyler Montain has some really good stats as well, could honestly argue him as the top line backer so far. He is sitting on 92 tackles, with four for a loss, three forced and recovered fumbles, eleven sacks, three picks, twelve pass disruptions, one safety and a touchdown. Now that I type these out, I am moving him to my tied for first/ top choice as of this article for LBOTY.
Michael Witheblock is my last line backer on this list and he is here as the sack leader for line backers(he is actually second overall, but the leader on this list). A tight end turned line backer(if my memory is correct) with 90 tackles, five for a loss, two forced fumbles, fourteen sacks and six pass disruptions. Solid numbers, but not LBoTY numbers.
Derred de Ville is the true last line backer on the list, I had to add him after realizing he is the true sack leader. Sitting on 82 tackles, six for a loss, two forced and recovered fumbles, seventeen sacks(wow), seven pass disruptions and one safety. Sack leader is good.
Quarter Back of the Year :
This one is not nearly as close as I thought it would be. I only see two real contenders, but with two full games left, there is no telling how those last two go, so I can't say with certainty that it will be one of these two.
Colby Jack is the current front runner. He is number one in yards, touchdowns, quarter back rating and only .1% behind first in completion percent. The one down side is he is on a team that might not make the playoffs. But as of this moment he is the clear top quarter back as far as stats go. He has two receivers over 1280 yards, both at least 12 touchdowns, and a Tight end with nine more touchdowns and 750 yards. His 109 passer rating is close to the highest ever recorded for a full season, and he is close to breaking the passing touchdown record. He needs around 300 yards a game and 2.5 touchdowns a game in the last two to end with the yards record and the touchdown in a single season record. Mike Boss Jr. is the other one in the running for QBOTY. He is about 850 yards behind Jack as of fourteen games. He is only four touchdowns behind with 37, second most, he leads the league in passer completion and has the second highest rating at 103.7, the only other quarter back above 100 at this point. Depending on how the last two games go, he could end up having an amazing season that would normally have won him some awards, but if Colby stays on pace, he would just get beat out on a historic season for the record books.
Nick Kaepercolin is worth mentioning since he is having a great year as well. He is third in touchdowns thrown with 32, has a completion percentage of 65.5 percent, and a rating of 99.1. If the last two weeks go well for him, he could end up very close to Mike Boss Jr in stats at the end. Do I think he is going to win the award, well no. But I think he should be mentioned for the season he is having so far.
Running Back of the Year :
I feel like there are really two main options here, but with two games left, I don't want to write off the others who could have two big games and really improve their chances of getting an award. So it ends up with five main candidates.
Tatsu Nakamura is the front runner when looking at the index for rushing. League leader in rushing attempts, rushing yards and tied for the lead in rushing touchdowns. A quick glance at the index and you assume he is the winner, barring two bad games by him. Also a solid average with four people in the top area having higher than his 4.7 yards a carry. If Tatsu has two good games to finish out the season, then I think he wins the award. If not, it could be up for grabs depending.
Richard Gilbert is most likely not your second ranked running back at this point, but hear me out. He is tied for the most rushing touchdowns in the league with 17, which is a huge number to have in only fourteen games. I know his yards are on the low side with only 805, and his average is low at 4.1 yards a carry. But, look at those numbers and then think about 17 touchdowns with those stats. Now, also take into account his five receiving touchdowns as well, and now he is the league leader in touchdowns, not including quarter backs of course. Tatsu only adds one touchdown through the air for a total of 22 vs 18 touchdowns. If Gilbert goes off these last two games, he has a legit argument for RBOTY.
Goat Tank is the first man out at the moment for the race. He has had a great first season at running back after swapping for this season. Sitting 251 carries and 1124 yards on the ground, with eleven touchdowns and an average yards per carry of 4.5. Those are really good numbers through fourteen games. He has the second most yards on the ground. If he has two great games, he could be in the talks if both of the people listed above him have bad games. But I think at this point, he is on pace for a pro bowl caliber season, but no award.
Danny King Jr. is right there with Goat Tank in the just out of the talks for RBOTY. Sitting on 231 carries for 1042 yards for an average of 4.5 yards a carry, same as Tank. He also has thirteen touchdowns, which is good for third most on the ground, and his yards are good for fourth most on the ground. Solid season, another pro bowl candidate, but most likely not an award, but he could manage a few more touchdowns and be right there with Tatsu and Gilbert. The last two games will show us.
Zoe Watts is the final contender for RBOTY, and honestly Watts is kind of a honorable mention here. Wanted to mention Watts has the top yards per carry through fourteen games at 5.2. 182 carries and almost 1000 yards with eleven touchdowns as well. A good season, just not quite on par with the people listed above.
Jamar Lackson is getting small shoutout here due to his combined totals between rushing and receiving. He is sitting on 1392 yards combined with twelve touchdowns as well. Not many backs out there getting that many yards in the ground and through the air. He won't win the award, but he should get some props for what he is doing.
Wide Receiver of the Year :
This one is a little more in the air with two games left. There is no absolute winner at the moment, there is a front runner for sure though.
Kai Sakura is the current favorite to win the award. He is sitting on 97 receptions for a whopping 1603 yards for an average of 16.5. Solid numbers for a whole season right there, oh wait we have two games left. And I forgot he is tied for the touchdown lead with thirteen so far. If he stays on pace, at the least he will finish with a top five all time season in yards. He is two touchdowns from equaling the fourth place spot of fifteen, so he has a shot of getting the solo fourth spot or potentially moving into the top two spots. I guess if he does what he has been doing, he is the clear front runner, but there are a couple of others who are not that far behind. So, really, this is his spot to lose.
Cmon Skiuuup is in sole possession of the second spot due to him having good games almost every week in the past six. I was going to put him as a tie, but after looking, if he continues doing what he has done, he will be hard to pass. He is tied with Sakura with thirteen touchdowns, also having 1309 yards and an average of 15.2 yards a reception. He could easily end up with fifteen or sixteen touchdowns and 1500 yards to finish the season. A pro bowl year for sure. But he isn't far ahead of the next guy.
Mark Walker is just a small step behind Skiuuup in stats. Walker is sitting sixth in yardage and sits just one behind the leaders in touchdowns with twelve. He is another receiver who has turned it on in the final few weeks having had multiple two touchdown games to really surge up the index. The crazy part is he is doing this with Sakura sitting four spots above him, but on the same team. If Walker has two more good games, he could easily move up the list and finish as a top five receiver on the index and in terms of voting. Most likely a candidate for pro bowl, but not WROTY.
William Lim is the current leader in yards, yet I have him in fourth for the award. He is sitting on 1647 yards, but he is doing it by getting force fed targets like crazy. He is a volume man, and there is nothing wrong with that, but when you only have six touchdowns, less than half of Sakura, and only have a 44 yard lead, well you really are way off from being considered. Unless he gets three touchdowns a game for the last two and Sakura does nothing, I don't think he can get ahead of him in voting. Bu that said, he somehow always gets tons and tons of yards.
Videl-San always seems to be in the mix for awards, but never quite breaks into the top two or three. Videl is having a good season. Currently fourth in yards and first in yards per reception. The only issue is that Videl is only clearly ahead in that one stat, San does have nine touchdowns, which is a good number for fourteen games, but with out getting a minimum of three in the last two games and most of the ones above on the list getting a few, Videl will once again be on the outside looking in for this award, but a pro bowl caliber season non the less.
There are various other Receivers having good years, but none of them really are close enough for mention, now after tonights games, it is possible that could change. We shall see.
Tight End of the Year :
There are really only two Tight Ends in this race.
James Angler is the receiving front runner at the moment. It is not a big lead, as the other tight end in this race has more pancakes. Angler is sitting on 81 catches for 866 yards and ten touchdowns through the fourteen games. When it comes to blocking, he is the clear number two of these two guys, with only 40 pancakes, but also having given up two sacks so far. Depending on how these last two games play out, this is a close race at the moment.
Zee Rechs is the only other tight end in consideration. He has the pancake lead, but falls a little behind in the receiving department. He has the clear lead in blocking with 51 pancakes and a whopping zero sacks given up. In receiving he is a little behind with 75 for 759 yards and nine touchdowns, so really not a huge difference.
Tight end race will come down to the last game of the season, if Angler keeps having issues blocking, you could easily make a case for Rechs being the better tight end.
Offensive Lineman of the Year :
This comes down to how you value pancakes versus sacks allowed. I tend to think not giving up sacks should be valued a little higher than over pancakes. But that is my opinion as of this article.
This comes down to how you value pancakes versus sacks allowed. I tend to think not giving up sacks should be valued a little higher than over pancakes. But that is my opinion as of this article.
Bruce Buckley is the current leader in my book based on his 114 pancakes to zero sacks given up, now he is only one pancake ahead of the second place guy at the moment. Personally I think not giving up sacks is a better indicator of how good an offensive lineman really is. And I know the wraiths pass a lot, so you know Buckley is constantly being called on to block for his quarter back, and he seems to do a great job at it.
Mo Magic is a close second after fourteen games played with 113 pancakes and also zero sacks given up. The Butchers have passed twenty less attempts through the fourteen games, so Magic is better at getting pancakes per drop back, but also hasn't had as many chances to give up sacks, so to me I think it keeps them in this order. Two more games will make a difference for sure.
Jaja Ding Dong is the current pancake leader with a whopping 127, the only reason he isn't number one on this list, he has given up a sack, where neither of the other two have. Again, I think the number one job of a lineman is not let your quarter back get sacked(yes you could argue opening up holes for the running back is also up there, but I play a wide receiver so I am biased in this article). But with two games left, if the other two give up a sack each, then it looks like Ding Dong could move up and take the lead.
Alexander Franklin is fifth in pancakes with 113 and has a solo sack allowed. Putting him in fourth for this list. Depending on how the last two games go, I could see him moving a little on this list, but most likely will not pass Magic at any point.
Calvin Golladay is tied for second in pancakes, but has given up two sacks, the only person on this list to do that. Odds are he isn't moving up this list at all. Unless he gets more pancakes and someone equals his total for sacks at the end of the season.
All of these guys are having good seasons, all should be on the ballot for the pro bowl.
On to the other side of the ball. Starting with
Corner Back of the Year :
There are a few guys that are in this race. It is hard as well, because you can make arguments based off different stats.
There are a few guys that are in this race. It is hard as well, because you can make arguments based off different stats.
Just so we are clear I am only using the index as I don't have the time to go and analyze all the other stats for this, so deal with it.
Daniel Foster is my current leader for this award. Currently sitting on 100 tackles, a solid ten ahead of second, three forced fumbles and two recovered fumbles, two picks and 23 pass disruptions. The top few guys are very close together, but I think the combo of tackles, fumbles forced and recovered and the two picks puts Foster in the lead with two games left.
Swantavius Jones is my current two A pick. His stats are in my opinion slightly better than my two B pick. This can easily change between now and two more games. He is sitting on 88 tackles(tied for third) with one forced fumble and one recovery, two interceptions, but his biggest stat is his 38 pass disruptions, well above anyone else on this list. And I think anything you do to stop a completion is worth looking at.
Andrew Witten is my number two B pick as of fourteen games. His stats are different, but still very good. Hard to decide which one is better than the other. With two games left, I hope it will be more clear at the end. He is sitting with 86 tackles and two forced and recovered fumbles, four picks, 22 pass disruptions and a touchdown. Close and hard to rank these top guys for sure.
Colt Mendoza is not far behind these other three, like I said it gets very tricky trying to rank this position off the index alone. If I knew how many touchdowns and other stats given up, I imagine this list could look way different. Anyways, Colt has 78 tackles, three forced and recovered fumbles, one sack, four picks and 29 pass disruptions. Solid numbers across the board. Could easily end up making a case for top corner back after the last two games.
That is all I am going to list for corner back at the moment. I will do some more research before my final post as there are too many other stats that matter to actually really rank the corner backs.
Line Backer of the Year :
This is another fairly hard to judge position. It really depends on how you value each stat for this specific position.
This is another fairly hard to judge position. It really depends on how you value each stat for this specific position.
Guy Fields seems to be the somewhat clear number one right now. But again, that can quickly change, it only takes one guy near him in ranking balling out. He is sitting on 100 tackles(one behind number one), three for a loss, eleven sacks and four forced fumbles with one recovery, eight pass disruptions and a safety. It just seems like he can do it all. All around good line backer play, hard to argue with it in my opinion.
Brach Thomaslacher is the number two dude at the line backer position. He is another does it all type guy, while he isn't the best any of them, he does them all pretty well. He has 97 tackles, one for a loss, one fumble forced and recovered, eleven sacks, one interception, ten pass disruptions and a single touchdown. Again, we have another all around do it all style linebacker.
Tyler Montain has some really good stats as well, could honestly argue him as the top line backer so far. He is sitting on 92 tackles, with four for a loss, three forced and recovered fumbles, eleven sacks, three picks, twelve pass disruptions, one safety and a touchdown. Now that I type these out, I am moving him to my tied for first/ top choice as of this article for LBOTY.
Michael Witheblock is my last line backer on this list and he is here as the sack leader for line backers(he is actually second overall, but the leader on this list). A tight end turned line backer(if my memory is correct) with 90 tackles, five for a loss, two forced fumbles, fourteen sacks and six pass disruptions. Solid numbers, but not LBoTY numbers.
Derred de Ville is the true last line backer on the list, I had to add him after realizing he is the true sack leader. Sitting on 82 tackles, six for a loss, two forced and recovered fumbles, seventeen sacks(wow), seven pass disruptions and one safety. Sack leader is good.
Safety of the Year :
Next up is the safeties, there is no way I am not combining them into one. If I don't compare them well, well too bad. These are not in order as it was too much work to use my brain for that.
Next up is the safeties, there is no way I am not combining them into one. If I don't compare them well, well too bad. These are not in order as it was too much work to use my brain for that.
Jeremiah Zelos is the top safety(plays strong safety, but the most tackles of all safeties) in tackles, granted I am not sure if that is the best judge of how good a safety is. He is one of three guys I feel like deserve to be considered for this as of now. He is sitting on 77 tackles, five for a loss, one forced fumble, sic sacks, four picks, thirteen pass disruptions and one touchdown. Definitely a pro bowl season so far with two more games to try and pad those stats even more.
Damian Blackfyre has the fourth most tackles of a free safety with 54, four forced fumbled and three recovered, three sacks, one pick, eleven pass disruptions and one touchdown. Good stats, not sure on the difference between strong and free as far as stats they should or normally end up with. So, honestly kind of hard to compare.
Cuco Clemente is the free safety tackle leader with 63, one for a loss, one forced fumble, one sack, seven picks(the safety leader for sure) eleven pass disruptions and two touchdowns. Cuco seems to be more a coverage based safety with his seven picks. Again hard to really rank these guys. Will wait for the last two games to be played before deciding.
Damian Blackfyre has the fourth most tackles of a free safety with 54, four forced fumbled and three recovered, three sacks, one pick, eleven pass disruptions and one touchdown. Good stats, not sure on the difference between strong and free as far as stats they should or normally end up with. So, honestly kind of hard to compare.
Cuco Clemente is the free safety tackle leader with 63, one for a loss, one forced fumble, one sack, seven picks(the safety leader for sure) eleven pass disruptions and two touchdowns. Cuco seems to be more a coverage based safety with his seven picks. Again hard to really rank these guys. Will wait for the last two games to be played before deciding.
Defensive Lineman of the Year :
Was going to split these into two awards, but after looking, I think they should be combined. I struggled at first to really rank these, but after looking a bit, it wasn't as hard.
Was going to split these into two awards, but after looking, I think they should be combined. I struggled at first to really rank these, but after looking a bit, it wasn't as hard.
Leonard Taylor is the current leader for defensive linemen. He has 57 tackles, with two for a loss, has three forced fumbles, fourteen sacks and two safeties. For me, that is hard to argue against, he has the most sacks and safeties out of them, the most tackles for a defensive end as well.
Ke'oke'o Kāne-Maika'i is the other defensive end I would consider for this award with 49 tackles, two for a loss, one forced and recovered fumble, and eleven sacks. Solid numbers, but not really on par with Taylors.
HonkyTonk Haywood is the tackle leader for all defensive linemen with 76(19 ahead of the closest), eleven for a loss, two forced fumbles and two sacks. This really comes down to how you value tackles and tackles for a loss versus sacks and the safeties from Taylor. For me, I would list Taylor as the number person for this award, Honky would most likely be two or three in my eyes.
BigEddi ForeverYeti is the other defensive tackle in consideration for this award. He has 53 tackles, two for a loss, three forced fumbles and two recovered and eight sacks. Solid numbers, I mostly included him due to his fumbles caused and him having a solid number of sacks.
For this position I really think it comes down to what your expectations are when you think defensive line. Are you looking for just pressure on the quarterback/getting behind the line of scrimmage and causing issues, or do you want more of a do it all kind of player.
Chizuru Ichinose gets the nod for top guy when looking at both as one. 22 kick returns for 662 yards for an average of 30.1 yards with a touchdown of 107 yards. In punt returns he also managed 310 yards with an average of 11.1 with a long of 72.
HonkyTonk Haywood is the tackle leader for all defensive linemen with 76(19 ahead of the closest), eleven for a loss, two forced fumbles and two sacks. This really comes down to how you value tackles and tackles for a loss versus sacks and the safeties from Taylor. For me, I would list Taylor as the number person for this award, Honky would most likely be two or three in my eyes.
BigEddi ForeverYeti is the other defensive tackle in consideration for this award. He has 53 tackles, two for a loss, three forced fumbles and two recovered and eight sacks. Solid numbers, I mostly included him due to his fumbles caused and him having a solid number of sacks.
For this position I really think it comes down to what your expectations are when you think defensive line. Are you looking for just pressure on the quarterback/getting behind the line of scrimmage and causing issues, or do you want more of a do it all kind of player.
Kicker of the Year :
I am going to do kicker and punter separate as they are two different things.
I am going to do kicker and punter separate as they are two different things.
Cade York is my top guy as of now. He is kicking extra points at 97.8 percent. He has the highest field goal percent of anyone with seventeen or more attempts, at 93.5, his only two misses coming from 40-49 and 50+, one each. So two total misses on a total of 31 tries. Pretty darn good if you ask me.
Jacob Small is a not so far behind second. Small has the most field goals attempted and made of any kicker this season. Extra points percent right at 98. one miss total. For kicking, has six misses, but also has seventeen attempts at 40+ yards, missing three at each distance.
Matthew McDairmid is the third guy on my list, and really he is the first guy looking in from the outside. Has a really good percent at 90.9 on field goals with three total misses, one at 40-49, and two in the 50+ range. Solid kicking year so far.
Jacob Small is a not so far behind second. Small has the most field goals attempted and made of any kicker this season. Extra points percent right at 98. one miss total. For kicking, has six misses, but also has seventeen attempts at 40+ yards, missing three at each distance.
Matthew McDairmid is the third guy on my list, and really he is the first guy looking in from the outside. Has a really good percent at 90.9 on field goals with three total misses, one at 40-49, and two in the 50+ range. Solid kicking year so far.
Punter of the Year :
Again, a different thing from kicking field goals and extra points.
Again, a different thing from kicking field goals and extra points.
Leo Bloomfield has the most inside the twenty punts of all the punters. Most punts with 84, most yards punted with 3675, and the most punts inside the twenty with 34. Also averaged 43.8 yards a punt with along of 67.
Dallas Dole is my second guy up, but I think you could and most likely should argue for him to be punter of the year over Bloomfield. Dole has eleven fewer punts, but still has 3369 yards, a higher average at 46.2 with 32 inside the twenty and a long of 65.
Matthew McDairmid is again the first guy looking in. He has the longest average punt at 49 per, but also has 23 less than Bloomfield with only 61 total punts. He does have 29 inside the twenty and a long of 71. So, very solid stats, just less of a sample size than the other two.
Dallas Dole is my second guy up, but I think you could and most likely should argue for him to be punter of the year over Bloomfield. Dole has eleven fewer punts, but still has 3369 yards, a higher average at 46.2 with 32 inside the twenty and a long of 65.
Matthew McDairmid is again the first guy looking in. He has the longest average punt at 49 per, but also has 23 less than Bloomfield with only 61 total punts. He does have 29 inside the twenty and a long of 71. So, very solid stats, just less of a sample size than the other two.
Returner of the Year :
I am not separating this one into kickoffs and punts because I don't feel like it.
I am not separating this one into kickoffs and punts because I don't feel like it.
Chizuru Ichinose gets the nod for top guy when looking at both as one. 22 kick returns for 662 yards for an average of 30.1 yards with a touchdown of 107 yards. In punt returns he also managed 310 yards with an average of 11.1 with a long of 72.
Once the season ends, I will try to revisit this idea with more in depth stats to truly attempt to rank each position correctly. But, seeing as there are still two games left, I see no reason to really go into it that much just to redo it in a few days(most likely next week). Hope you enjoyed it and see you next week.
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