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Koppen
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great to see 7 of 11 starters are pats. also great to see that mankins gets his recognition.
Warren should have made it. While all those Pats are deserving, IMO Warren is more deserving than Light/Koppen.
These are the starters, possibly more to come:
Mankins
Light
Brady
Moss
Vrabel
Samuel
Wilfork
Let's assume ideal weather conditions and everyone is in good health. How many points would this Patriots offense put up against a defense made up entirely of pro-bowlers? Less than 20? More than 30? Somewhere in-between? I think if they play 10 times, they end up averaging around 27 points per game against a defense of nothing but pro-bowlers.
Good analysis.It's a remarkably sensible list.
Warren didn't deserve it THIS year, and he's too young to get in on a career-achievement-award basis because he deserved it last year.
Light and Koppen may or may not be stretches, depending on why one thinks the running game is merely solid instead of dominant against defenses keying on the pass.
Welker is surely in the top 6 or so WRs in the AFC this year, but it's not robbery to say he isn't in the top 4.
And those are the only quibbles one can realistically have.
Brady and Moss have awe-inspiring numbers, and the numbers aren't misleading.
Samuel and Vrabel have elite numbers, and are playing even better than their numbers show.
Wilfork and Mankins are harder for us to judge, but they sure look good, and the consensus is pretty clear that Mankins is the #1 LG and Wilfork the #2 DT this year. And there are two slots for DT.
Nobody else comes particularly close to deserving it. Izzo may not even be the most deserving STer on the Pats.
It's a remarkably sensible list.
Warren didn't deserve it THIS year, and he's too young to get in on a career-achievement-award basis because he deserved it last year.