PLAYOFF PICTURE
NFC
Wild Card Round
(6) Detroit Lions def. (3) New Orleans Saints
(4) New York Giants def. (5) Atlanta Falcons
Divisional Round
(1) Green Bay Packers def. (6) Detroit Lions
(2) San Fransisco 49ers def. (4) New York Giants
Championship Game
(1) Green Bay Packers def. (2) San Fransisco 49ers
AFC
Wild Card Round
(5) Pittsburgh Steelers def. (4) Denver Broncos
(3) Houston Texans def. (6) Cincinnati Bengals
Divisional Round
(5) Pittsburgh Steelers def. (1) New England Patriots
(2) Baltimore Ravens def. (3) Houston Texans
Championship Game
(2) Baltimore Ravens def. (5) Pittsburgh Steelers
SUPERBOWL
Green Bay Packers def. Baltimore Ravens
Best _____ In The Playoffs
DEFENSES
1) San Fransisco 49ers
2) Houston Texans
3) Pittsburgh Steelers
4) Baltimore Ravens
5) New York Giants
6) Green Bay Packers
7) Cincinnati Bengals
8) Denver Broncos
9) Detroit Lions
10) New Orleans Saints
11) Atlanta Falcons
12) New England Patriots
QUARTERBACKS
1) Aaron Rodgers (GB)
2) Tom Brady (NE)
3) Drew Brees (NO)
4) Eli Manning (NYG)
5) Matthew Stafford (DET)
6) Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) (only because of injury)
7) Matt Ryan (ATL)
8) Andy Dalton (CIN)
9) Alex Smith (SF)
10) Joe Flacco (BAL)
11) Tim Tebow (DEN)
12) T.J. Yates / Jake Delhomme (HOU)
COACHES
1) Bill Belichick (NE)
2) Mike McCarthy (GB)
3) Sean Peyton (NO)
4) Jim Harbaugh (SF)
5) Tom Coughlin (NYG)
6) Jim Schwartz (DET)
7) Mike Tomlin (PIT)
8) John Harbaugh (BAL)
9) John Fox (DEN)
10) Mike Smith (ATL)
11) Gary Kubiak (HOU)
12) Marvin Lewis (CIN)
RUNNING BACKS
1) Arian Foster (HOU)
2) Ray Rice (BAL)
3) Frank Gore (SF)
4) Ben Tate (HOU)
5) Darren Sproles (NO)
6) Tim Tebow (DEN)
(just kidding)
6) Cedric Benson (CIN)
7) Michael Turner (ATL)
8) Pierre Thomas (NO)
9) Willis McGahee (DEN)
10) Ahmad Bradshaw (NYG)
11) Ryan Grant (GB)
12) Kevin Smith (DET)
RECEIVERS
1) Calvin Johnson (DET)
2) Mike Wallace (PIT)
3) Jordy Nelson (GB)
4) A.J. Green (CIN)
5) Victor Cruz (NYG)
6) Rob Gronkowski (NE)
7) Hakeem Nicks (NYG)
8) Roddy White (ATL)
9) Wes Welker (NE)
10) Antonio Brown (PIT)
11) Marques Colston (NO)
12) Jimmy Graham (NO)
NOTE: If Greg Jennings is healthy I would rank him 6th between Green and Cruz
END OF THE YEAR AWARDS
MVP: Aaron Rodgers (GB)
Rookie Of The Year
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Cam Newton (CAR)
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Von Miller (DEN)
Special Teams Rookie of the Year: Patrick Peterson (ARI)
Sophomore of the Year
Offensive Sophomore of the Year: Rob Gronkowski (NE)
Defensive Sophomore of the Year: Jason Pierre-Paul (NYG)
Defensive Player of the Year: Patrick Willis (SF)
Comeback Player of the Year: Steve Smith (CAR)
Offensive Player Of The Year (Besides Rodgers): Tom Brady (NE)
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Elvis Andrews got shafted
Generally speaking, RP's are less valuable than position players and SPs. A relief pitcher logs significantly fewer innings than a hitter does at bats or fielder or starter does innings and even if they put up Joe Nathan-like numbers over 75 IPs, that's just 5.1% of a team's total innings played (assuming that no games go into extras).
Enter the Elvis Andrus-Andrew Bailey-Gordon Beckham debate.
Bailey had a fantastic 2009. He posted a 2.56 FIP and 91 Ks (3.79 K/BB) over 83.1 IPs. He was one of baseball's five most valuable relievers last year. But, because of his limited innings load, he was only worth +2.4 WAR. Gordon Beckham was almost as valuable, at +2.0 WAR, but his defensive struggles learning to play third reduced his value by quarter of a win.
Then there is Elvis Andrus. Andrus was not just a good shortstop last year. He was essentially tied for the honor of best defensive SS in the AL (Cesar Izturis was 1/10 of a win better at defense). Playing fantastic defense at short and slightly below average offense (-5.0 runs) over 1238 innings/541 PAs will make you a +3.0 win player. Defense is always undervalued and Elvis Andrus has a lot of it.
Baseball writers are always getting it wrong, so Andrus' failure to win ROY should come at no surprise. However, if I voted before today (the first time I ever looked at Andrus' specific fielding numbers), I too would have gotten it wrong and voted for Bailey. It just goes to show you just how underrated Andrus' defense truly was. Even amongst us baseball "stat guys."
Enter the Elvis Andrus-Andrew Bailey-Gordon Beckham debate.
Bailey had a fantastic 2009. He posted a 2.56 FIP and 91 Ks (3.79 K/BB) over 83.1 IPs. He was one of baseball's five most valuable relievers last year. But, because of his limited innings load, he was only worth +2.4 WAR. Gordon Beckham was almost as valuable, at +2.0 WAR, but his defensive struggles learning to play third reduced his value by quarter of a win.
Then there is Elvis Andrus. Andrus was not just a good shortstop last year. He was essentially tied for the honor of best defensive SS in the AL (Cesar Izturis was 1/10 of a win better at defense). Playing fantastic defense at short and slightly below average offense (-5.0 runs) over 1238 innings/541 PAs will make you a +3.0 win player. Defense is always undervalued and Elvis Andrus has a lot of it.
Baseball writers are always getting it wrong, so Andrus' failure to win ROY should come at no surprise. However, if I voted before today (the first time I ever looked at Andrus' specific fielding numbers), I too would have gotten it wrong and voted for Bailey. It just goes to show you just how underrated Andrus' defense truly was. Even amongst us baseball "stat guys."
