2011 NFL midseason report: Award Winners & Playoff Prediction

To steal from NFL.com...
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d823e86af/article/2011-nfl-midseason-report-award-winners-playoff-predictions?module=HP11_cp

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Darell Revis
Offensive ROY: Andy Dalton... fine Cam Newton
Defensive ROY: Aldon Smith
Comeback POY: Ben Tate
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Patriots
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Jets

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Falcons, Bears

Not bothering to go as far as the Superbowl etc, but you always could!

'Offensive ROY: Andy Dalton'

Great thread Dave but have you forgotten about Cam ?
Think someone did an ROTY award thread last week and Cam won hands down bar a couple of clowns (your truly) who voted Von Miller.
I'll do the predictions tomorrow mate

I object to Cam Newton winning everything!
I'm valuing wins for the team... (despite the fact that I did indeed vote for Cam in the previous poll now that I think about it!)

Cam Newton has great figures but isn't the quarter back supposed to manage the game? The Panthers only 2-6. That's only one win up from this stage last year.

The Bengals were 2-6 after week 9 in 2010. With the additions of Dalton and Green they are now 6-2.

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Calvin Johnson (someone other than Rodgers)
Defensive POY: ?
Offensive ROY: Andy Dalton
Defensive ROY: Aldon Smith
Comeback POY: Ignoring the players and going for the 49ers.
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Jets
AFC North: Bengals
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: pick straws?
AFC Wildcards: Ravens & Patriots

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers (possibly the easiest prediction)
NFC Wildcards: Lions & Bears

AFC Championship:- Patriots beat Jets
NFC Championship:- 49ers beat Packers (hopefully)

Superbowl:- 49ers beat Patriots (alternatively the Packers beat Patriots).

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Clay Matthews
Offensive ROY: Cam Newton
Defensive ROY: Von Miller
Comeback POY: Jermichael Finley (assuming he qualifies ?)
Coach of the Year: Marvin Lewis (recognition for the Bungals great season when everyone had them in for the #1 pick)

AFC East: Jets (Pats blow up is coming)
AFC North: Steelers (just)
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Ravens, Bungals

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Bears, Lions

Superbowl - Packers to beat either Steelers or Jets

Not sure two divisions have ever provided all 4 wild card teams but that's my bold prediction !

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Darelle Revis
Offensive ROY: Andy Dalton
Defensive ROY: Von Miller
Comeback POY: ?
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Jets (With my Pats finishing 3rd)
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Bengals

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Bears, Lions

Superbowl - Packers to beat Ravens

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Matt Forte
Defensive POY: Demarcus Ware
Offensive ROY: Cam Newton
Defensive ROY: Von Miller
Comeback POY: Andre Smith
Coach of the Year: Chan Gailey

AFC East: Jets
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Raiders
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Pats

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Bears, Lions

Superbowl - Packers to beat Jets

MVP: Aaron Rodgers, and its not even close
Offensive POY: A-Rodg
Defensive POY: Jared Allen
Offensive ROY: Cam Newton
Defensive ROY: Von Miller
Comeback POY:
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Jets
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: I honestly have no idea, i'd have probably said that the Chiefs are the best of a bad bunch if they hadn't got whoooped by Miami.
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Bengals (can that statistically happen?), if not then Steelers, Pats

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Falcons
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Saints, Lions

my god those playoffs would be tasty!

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Jared Allen
Offensive ROY: Andy Dalton
Defensive ROY: Aldon Smith
Comeback POY: Steve Smith
Coach of the Year: Chan Gailey

AFC East: Patriots
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Raiders
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Bengals

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Falcons, Lions

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers (Megatron if I have to give it to someone else)
Defensive POY: Darrelle Revis
Offensive ROY: Cam Newton
Defensive ROY: Marcell Dareus
Comeback POY: Steve Smith (If this means back from injury then Finley)
Coach of the Year: Marvin Lewis

AFC East: Patriots
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Broncos (I went for it)
AFC Wildcards: Jets, Bengals

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Falcons, Lions

Superbowl: Packers beat Ravens

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Jared Allen
Offensive ROY: AJ Green
Defensive ROY: Aldon Smith
Comeback POY: Darren Sproles (if coming back from being released by the Chargers counts) if not then Matthew Stafford.
Coach of the Year: Marvin Lewis

AFC East: Jets
AFC North: Steelers
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Bengals, Bills

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Lions, Bears

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Calvin Johnson
Defensive POY: DeMarcus Ware
Offensive ROY: Cam Newton
Defensive ROY:
Comeback POY: Steve Smith
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Jets
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Pats

NFC East: Cowboys [I have to believe but will probably be Giants]
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Falcons
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Lions, Saints

S.B. Ravens to beat Packers

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Jason Pierre Paul
Offensive ROY: Andy Dalton (despite Cam's stats nobody expeted Dalton to do so well in Cincy)
Defensive ROY: Aldon Smith
Comeback POY: Eli Manning (may be a bit bias but after leading the league in inerceptions last year he is currently 18th with 6 whilst the likes of Brees, Brady, Roethlisberger, Ryan, Vick, Rivers, Romo and Flacco have all thrown more)
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Patriots #2
AFC North: Steelers #1
AFC South: Texans #3
AFC West: Chargers #4
AFC Wildcards: Bengals, Jets

NFC East: Giants #2
NFC North: Packers #1
NFC South: Saints #4
NFC West: 49ers #3
NFC Wildcards: Falcons, Lions

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Terrel Suggs - just a beast making huges plays time after time
Offensive ROY: Julio Jones - he's started to take of big time and by the time the end of the season comes around he'll have eclipsed AJ Green.
Defensive ROY: Patrick Peterson (admittely a bit biased by his special teams play, but he's still made some great plays on the D too).
Comeback POY: Steve Smith
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Pats
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Jets

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Falcons, Bears

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Darell Revis
Offensive ROY: Cam Newton
Defensive ROY: Von Miller
Comeback POY: Steve Smith
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Jets
AFC North: Steelers
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Ravens, Bengals (Yes I left the Patriots out of the playoffs, I thought I'd be daring)

NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards: Bears, Lions

MVP-Rodgers
Offensive poy- Rodgers
Offensive roy- A.J Green
Defensive Poy- Allen
Defensive roy- Aldon Smith
Coach of the year- Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Jets
AFC North:Steelers
AFC South-Texans
AFC West-Raiders
Wildcards- Bengals and Ravens

NFC East- Giants
NFC North- Green Bay
NFC South- Saints
NFC West- Niners
Wildcards- bears and Lions

superbowl will be niners v steelers

Amazing how many people have Steelers winning the North, their defeat to Ravens last week was crucial and Ravens now favs for the div, I do think they have the slightly tougher home stretch though but crucially are a game up and win all the tie-breaks, Steelers need plenty to go for them if they're to win the North....

I just think the AFC North is so unpredictable and the Ravens so inconsistent that the Steelers will end up winning it by one game, just a hunch

True, but Steelers have 2 games upcoming against Bungals, their season could be done by the time the second finishes - 11-5 is needed and still not guaranteed to make play offs, they lost 3 already....

TheBrownTown wrote:I just think the AFC North is so unpredictable and the Ravens so inconsistent that the Steelers will end up winning it by one game, just a hunch

And you have the Bungals to beat them this weekend making Steelers 6-4, tough getting to 11-5 from there....

Grizzly wrote:

TheBrownTown wrote:I just think the AFC North is so unpredictable and the Ravens so inconsistent that the Steelers will end up winning it by one game, just a hunch

And you have the Bungals to beat them this weekend making Steelers 6-4, tough getting to 11-5 from there....

Haha oh crap really? That was a bit stupid of me, truth is I haven't got a clue what's going to happen in the AFC north it's just a weird division, might change my pick though

Grizzly wrote:Amazing how many people have Steelers winning the North, their defeat to Ravens last week was crucial and Ravens now favs for the div, I do think they have the slightly tougher home stretch though but crucially are a game up and win all the tie-breaks, Steelers need plenty to go for them if they're to win the North....

The only thing I can guarantee you about the AFC North is that the Browns aren't winning it, think it could easily go to either of the other 3 though. Bengals are coming into a very tough run of games with I think 2 against the Steelers 1 against the Ravens and 1 against the Browns (I know playing the Browns sounds easy, but it might just be the day that everything goes well).

Grizzly wrote:
Defensive POY: Clay Matthews

Hmm... can't quite see that happening (I had to pick on you for pointing out I choose Andy Dalton... before a bunch of others did too!).
He has been doing well, its not like he's doing bad, but this year he has no "stats" at all. Last year he was pilling up the stats and he still didn't win Defensive POY, so I just don't see it happening. I'd love to be wrong because it would probably be a sign that the Packers defense might have stopped giving up 300+ passing a game!

And to clarify Comeback Player, its supposed to be someone who was out the prior year (or even over the offseason if it was relatively serious - think the year Welker got hurt in the Pats last game with an ACL, but was back week 1 of the next year) and has comeback better than before or just plain great.

So Stafford, Steve Smith would all seem logical, but not so much Eli Manning, who whilst playing an awful lot better this year didn't miss any time last year and played every snap.
Sproles is an interesting one because you could argue the Chargers left him on the scrapheap, assumed he was going to be of little use but has shown himself to be more effective than the Heisman Trophy winning 1st round pick

MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Darelle Revis
Offensive ROY: Cam Newton
Defensive ROY: Aldon Smith
Comeback POY: Steve Smith
Coach of the Year: Jim Harbaugh

AFC East: Patriots
AFC North: Ravens
AFC South: Texans
AFC West: Chargers
AFC Wildcards: Steelers, Jets

NFC East: Cowboys
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Saints
NFC West: 49ers
NFC Wildcards Lions and Falcons

AFC Title Game - Ravens over Chargers
NFC Title Game - Packers over 49ers

Super Bowl - Packers over Ravens

Dave - the criteria for comeback player of the year has always confused me but players don't necessarilly have to come back from injury they permit the award to go to a player who was out of form the previous year - can be a bit confusing, and there's no set criteria about how long players had to be out if receiving the award following an injury - M Vick won the award last year but was fit, healthy and available the previous season, Andy reid just decided that he would only be back up.
Also, I'm sure Willis McGahee was given the comeback award despite never having played in the NFL (he got injured in his last college game and was drafted 'crook'

As for Clay, yes I accept his numbers aren't up to last year but I think he's still getting to the QB quickly, they're just getting rid of the thing quicker...

Don't really understand how Jared Allen is getting so much love. Sure he's got decent sack numbers but I can't really see how he's better than players like Suggs and Revis that have arguably won games for their team with their play making ability. Same goes to some extent for D-Ware, for me they're the equivalent of Kyle Orton last year putting up junk yards making him look better than he really was (which is still better than Tebow ofc :p).

Jared Allen is definately one of the best, its not just the sacks he gets, he is always disrupting the qb whether it be tipping balls or getting a pick. The guy also doesn't tire and his stats are not over inflated, the vikings had another 3 or 4 wins in their pocket because of Allen and the D but mcnabb and the offense didnt match the quality or put up any points in the 2nd half. Plus he has matched up directly with Donald Penn, gross etc. He is also a fumble causing machine, his two strip sacks of newton won them field position and won them the game. Plus he is hilarious and a constant motivator. I would take a pass rusher over a cb if i had to pick