LT vs Belichick

Hmmm. LT2 pretty much blew up (as far as LT is concerned) at the post game press conference after the Chargers nose dived out of the playoffs. Now, my take on this; I have never heard LT speak about another team/coach the way he did at that press conference. If something riles LT enough to make him talk that way then it must be something to it. I agree with LT in some respects in that, the Pats showed no class and looked like a team that had been out of the playoffs for years. On the flipside I believe (or would like to believe) that the antics were not aimed at the Chargers as a whole but mainly at Shawn Merriman who tends to be a little over confident in himself. I do think though that dancing on the symbol in the centre of the field is a no no; just like T.O. with his obsession for the Cowboys symbol.

All in all it was a pretty downbeat LT that was speaking; let’s not forget that the emotions of just getting drop kicked out of the playoffs would have been through the roof. Maybe that had as much to do with it as anything.

Awards For LT2 and JT

Yes! Jason Taylor DE/DT/LB………got rewarded for possibly his greatest season yet by beating out Shawne Merriman for this years defensive MVP, good! I have nothing against Merriman, he is a fine athlete and is going to probably win his fair share of awards in the future, and probably be one of the greatest defensive players in the game. How do you block this man!! But not this year. Jason Taylor freelanced his way to this title, doing whatever he wished on any particular down. Most defensive awards are won through play calls, players follow a script that has been drummed into them for years. However this year the Dolphins experimented by giving Taylor a certain amount of ‘free’ plays. In essence Taylor could do what he thought was best for that particular moment. Congrats to Taylor, a well deserved award.

To close out; LT2 won the NFL MVP. Surprise? No. Deserved? Undoubtedly. Tomlinson had the best season of his career so far, racking up over 1800 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards. He scored 31 touchdowns (28 rushing 3 receiving) and was 2 of 3 passing with 2 scores. Basically he is the real deal. I wonder if the emergence of Larry Johnson last year had a lot to do with it? LJ was spectacular last season and going into this season people were calling for 2000 yards rushing, it was almost a dead cert (apparently) for him to emerge as the record holder for yards in a season, but it didn’t pan out that way. He lost good O’Lineman and a much underrated blocking FB in Tony Richardson. Still, he was great closing with around 1800 yards rushing, not shabby by any means. Maybe the media focussing on LJ rather than LT2 made Tomlinson set the record straight on who was the best RB in the NFL. I know one thing though. LT2 was at the top of every single one of my fantasy draft boards before this season began. I wasn’t wrong.

Congrats to LT2 and Jason Taylor for well deserved awards.