THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MANAGER AWARDS
THE "EVITA" AWARD
STEVE
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina!
After two Super Bowl wins in the last two years,
and four Total Points championships in the last five years,
Steve fell to last place in Total Points for most of 2004, and missed the playoffs......
Do you think anybody cried for him???
THE "ITS ALWAYS GREENER........" AWARD
T / J
Last year T/J had Ahman Green and he was a stud........
This year, Green ain't bringing in any green!!
But Bettis and Antonio Gates helped spread a little sunshine for T/J!!
THE "WHO'S YOUR DADDY" AWARD
PATRICK
It's been a pretty good year for Patrick.....a trip to the Super Bowl,
a top 4 Points finish, AND the breaking of the Curse of the Bambino!
Just like Pedro showed Yankee fans who their daddy really is,
Patrick showed the IOFFL who the Biggest Daddy is!
THE "SHARPIE" AWARD
CHRIS Q
Chris went into the playoffs with basically one available receiver.....
however, that one receiver was Terrell Owens.......
And with 14 TD's in 14 games, Owens was as good as 2 or even 3 of any other receivers combined
until he broke his leg early in that 15th game.........
And then that old saying about eggs all in one basket came sharpie into focus......
THE "ELI'S COMING" AWARD
JIM
But its still Peyton's Place, at least for now.......
The Manning brothers combined for 55 TD passes this year........
49 of them by Peyton, a new NFL record!!
Jim pulled maybe the shocker of the draft when he picked Peyton Manning with the 4th pick.....
(some of you may not have realized, but Jim made his first 3 picks - Manning, Harrison, and Martin)
Peyton had some help on Jim's roster......Curtis Martin, Tiki Barber, David Akers......
enough help to set a new single season points record for the IOFFL!!
THE "RAM TOUGH!" AWARD
C / R
With Marc Bulger, Marshall Faulk, and Torry Holt on the roster,
this team was definitely built to be Ram Tough!!
Unfortunately, those Rams rarely delivered,
and C/R barely missed earning a trip to the Toilet Bowl!!
THE "KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM (AND WHEN TO FOLD 'EM!)" AWARD
M / F / D
All year long M/F/D started Josh Brown at Kicker....(other than his bye week).....
In the playoffs, the sudden switch is made to Sebastian Janikowski, who just as suddenly goes off......
The 6 point differential provides the margin of victory in their first round playoff game.......
Sticking with Janikowski in the Semis, Janikowski goes off for 18!
But its still just a little short against the Patrick juggernaut.........aw shucks.......
Still, anything like that to do with kickers - I'm impressed!!!
THE "CARR AND DRIVER" AWARD
J / R / T
With David Carr and Donald Driver,could there be any other award??
(Thanks George!) :-)
Anyway, this team did not do much motoring this year......
despite having Michael Vick, Clinton Portis, and Brian Westbrook!!
THE "SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE" AWARD
JOE B
Missed the draft, no trades, picked Sammy "Smith" in a waiver,
finished last in points, and played in the Toilet Bowl......
It doesn't get much worse than that!!
Especially if you know how much these 4 months
of football means to Joe!!
Well, its never too early to start next year's mock drafts!!
THE "QUESTIONABLE" AWARD
PETE
No, this is not a commentary on Pete's character, which of course is top notch........
Rather, its the weekly status of Steve McNair..........
Not too fear.....backup Billy Volek (who's he???) did a superb job filling in.......
even making the top 25 in QB scoring - 13th in fact!!
Except for that week 16....really could have used a few more Volek points there!!
THE "JOHNSON" AWARD
B / G
B/G was rolling along with Priest scoring TD's at a record clip.....until he got hurt.....
Larry Johnson, one of the backups, stepped up and filled the gap, helping B/ G
get to the Super Bowl
Oh yeah....there was another Johnson on B/G's team....
the one with the big mouth - Chad!!
Which raises again the age-old question....
just how many Johnsons are enough????
and last but not least.............................
THE "CHARLIE BROWN" AWARD
FRANK
Every fall, Charlie Brown hopes that this will be the season that Lucy
(she's really a bitch, isn't she?) will actually hold the football and he'll get to kick that Field Goal!!
And every Sunday morning I'd be full of hope that THIS would be the week I'd win a weekly,
or even a GAME!
But just like Lucy pulling that football away,
every Sunday night I'd feel the disappointment of another week lost.........RATS!!!
Kinda brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?? :-)
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