FOF2004: Who should have won the League MVP

[Eaglesfan27]

Philadelphia Eagle RB: Correll Strader - 2nd year RB with 332 carries for 1670 yards (5.0 AVG). His longest run was 73 yards and he had 12 rushing TD's this year. He also had 85 catches for 712 yards (8.3 avg) with 3 TD and 6 drops. His team was 7-9 this year. His O-line is generally very well rated but 3 guys went down for at least half of the year with injuries and journeymen ended up playing a lot along the O-line.

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N.O Saints RB - Deuce McAllister 352 carries for 1361 yards (3.8 avg). His longest run was 47 yards. He has 14 rushing TD's this year. He had 71 catches for 588 yards (8.2 avg) with 2 TD's and 4 drops. His team was 9-6-1 but also missed the playoffs. His O-Line was generally rated well and I'm unsure how many games they missed throughout the year, but they were all generally healthy (1 probable) at the end of the year.


As an aside, I drafted the Philly guy with a 5th round pick and he is blossoming really quickly :)

Obviously, I wouldn't be posting this if my guy won. He didn't :(. Deuce did. The interesting thing is my guy was the offensive player of the year over Deuce and he was the 1st team Running Back while Deuce was 2nd team running back. So, why didn't he get the MVP of the league as well? That just doesn't make sense.

[QuikSand]

I think the perfunctory response to this is, as always, "the other guy." Who bothers to post after the scores and scores of seasons when FOF makes the obviously right decision?

Just out of curiosity - did either guy have any role in the return game? That might have been a factor... just a guess.

[Eaglesfan27]

No, I looked and neither player had any return yards.

[Troll]

My last season I had a similar situation.

My QB Alfred Kirchgessner-343-491 69.8% 3561 yards 34 tds 6 ints 108.4
86 carries 569 yards 8 tds, most importantly the redskins were 19-0(and yes the game is on wall street, i was 13-3 last season and had 17 mill in cap room and no major free agents, this season so I signed the top 2 DT's in the whole league, they were both free agents at the same time, i'll feel it in 3 years, lol) and superbowl champs.

The Jets RB JB Thomason-413 carries 1781 yards 4.3 yards/carry 9 tds, 83 catches 601 yards 10 tds, the jets were 7-9 out of the playoffs, but was the MVP last season

Thomason won the MVP for the 2nd straight season, and had great numbers, but I believe that Kirch should have won it this situation.

[Blade6119]

My last season I had a similar situation.

My QB Alfred Kirchgessner-343-491 69.8% 3561 yards 34 tds 6 ints 108.4
86 carries 569 yards 8 tds, most importantly the redskins were 19-0(and yes the game is on wall street, i was 13-3 last season and had 17 mill in cap room and no major free agents, this season so I signed the top 2 DT's in the whole league, they were both free agents at the same time, i'll feel it in 3 years, lol) and superbowl champs.

The Jets RB JB Thomason-413 carries 1781 yards 4.3 yards/carry 9 tds, 83 catches 601 yards 10 tds, the jets were 7-9 out of the playoffs, but was the MVP last season

Thomason won the MVP for the 2nd straight season, and had great numbers, but I believe that Kirch should have won it this situation.

Thomason took the jets to 7-9....he should be elected president with that kind of a feat...the jets are the worst team in the league

[Blade6119]

dola...even worse then the cardinals

[yabanci]

Isn't the FOF MVP selected at least in part on how many of the team's games the player was the game MVP? I thought this was what differentiated the FOF league MVP award from the offensive POY award.

[Eaglesfan27]

Ahh, that is useful information if true. I'm not sure this is a good way to do it, but it would make sense on why my guy didn't win as McNabb was usually the player of the game (unless the other team's guy won)

[fantastic flying froggies]

Actually, I think neither should win it, based on stats alone. They're good stats, but not great...