Brady is snubbed. Roethlisberger named AFC Offensive Player of the Week

[rochrist]

Didn't Brady win it last week? I am guessing they weren't going to give it to him two weeks in a row.

I -think- Philip Rivers won it last week.

 

[JarOfMayo51]

Ben Roethlisberger: 21-27, 369 yards, 3 TD vs. 49ers
Tom Brady: 38-59, 466 yards, 3 TD vs. Bills

Brady passed for more yardage against the Bills than any other quarterback has done in the 56-year history of that franchise.

During that game, he became the first player in NFL history to have the following combination in the same game: 450 or more passing yards, three passing touchdowns, no interceptions and 55 or more passing attempts.

He was going up against the highest paid front 4 in the NFL (those players are worth quarter billion dollars) and went surgical on a Top 5 defense in the League. And whereas Ben was playing at a home game, Brady and Pats were trying to contend with a notoriously hostile (and loud) crowd.

Yea its a total joke but get used to it.. media already has Aaron Rodgers as MVP because of James Jones, Brady could go undefeated and get 60+ TDs and they'll give it to someone else

I also think the players of the week are voted on by the fans, and general opinion of Brady and the Pats is not very good

 

[venecol]

At least they didn't give Tommy a demerit.

 

[SVN]

I -think- Philip Rivers won it last week.

Mariota won it last week.

 

[SVN]

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-...s-over-tom-brady-for-player-of-the-week-award

 

[venecol]

Brady don't need no stinking badges.

 

[PatsWSB47]

Ben had to overcome the other team breaking so many unwritten rules though

 

[Tony2046]

Found this on reddit. . . .

I saw this posted by a Pats fan during the Monday night game. Too funny.

 

[goheels22002]

Forgive my ignorance...WHO does the voting/nominating/selecting for these weekly awards?

Ted Wells, but Jeffrey Pash gets to edit his selections.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Who cares?

Edit:
"Who the **** cares?"

 

[patfanken]

It looks like the NFL just can't stop throwing egg in their own faces. The snub to Brady is just almost comical, and so obvious even ESPN can't help but notice. What is pathetic, however, is just how infantile, petty and unnecessary it was.

Neither Brady or the Pats don't give a **** about such a contrived act of self congratulation by the league in the first place. But the snub is just so obviously intentional, the boobs from Park Ave can't help but look small and petty. You can almost see them all cackling around their desks this morning congratulating themselves on how they "got Tom good".

 

[Rob0729]

I -think- Philip Rivers won it last week.

Really?!? He was mediocre in week 1. Two TDs and 2 INTs. Brady threw 4 TDs passes week one. Hell, Gronk with 3 TDs deserved it more than Rivers.

I don't have a problem Roethlisberger getting the award this week, but Rivers last week was just dumb.

 

[rochrist]

Really?!? He was mediocre in week 1. Two TDs and 2 INTs. Brady threw 4 TDs passes week one. Hell, Gronk with 3 TDs deserved it more than Rivers.

I don't have a problem Roethlisberger getting the award this week, but Rivers last week was just dumb.

I don't know. There seem to be two awards, one given by the NFL, the other at NFL.com voted on by fans dubbed the Fedex Player of the Week. I guess.

 

[Tony2046]

Sometimes a player can get too many awards.

Super Bowl ring.
Super Bowl MVP
NFLPA Defendant MVP


That aside, I only care about the tour.

Ben is playing well. It would have been bigger issue if they handed it to Cutler..

 

[PatsFanSince74]

I -think- Philip Rivers won it last week.

No...it was Geno Smith...I'm almost certain.

 

[libra957]

Meh, I'm sure the pats would rather have a 5th lombardi.

 

[PatsWSB47]

Peter King was just on weei and said that Brady not winning the player of the week was wrong....that it was in the top 5 Brady performances of his career and doesn't understand it at all

 

[Wax Frog]

I'm sure there are already a few posts in the same vein (the subject matter makes this TL : DR by default), but I am now of the mind that I want Brady immersed in an endless torrent of disrespect. To paraphrase a poster's past movie quote, he'll use it as touchdownin' fuel.

 

[Jackson 2]

Peter King was just on weei and said that Brady not winning the player of the week was wrong....that it was in the top 5 Brady performances of his career and doesn't understand it at all

I heard King's interview as well. And, yes, he said he "he didn't understand it.". Well, we all know that's a fib, because we all understand exactly what is going on here. The league's jihad against the Patriots and Brady continues full speed ahead.

 

[Joseph K. Brady]

They hate him! They really, really hate him!!!