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Aaron Rodgers is the easy choice for M.V.P. This year. Did I take the bait?

The Halfway point is officially upon us for all of the teams except for the few who have played all 9 weeks. It’s time to hand out some Hardware. To go along with that, in part because I’ve been inspired by Mocking the Drafts all rookie team (gotta keep up with the Jones), I’m also going to give out my all rookie team.

Excuse the first few awards as they are completely made up awards.

“Hey Look My contract was not completely ridiculous”

Charles Johnson-Carolina Panthers

The Panthers wanted to pay a premium for a pass rusher. And they did. Charles Johnson has 7 sacks already this year and has shown that the Panthers might nave known what they were doing with him.

Antithesis of this award-Chris Johnson, RB, Tennessee Titans

Worst Loss of the season

The New York Giants losing at home vs the Seattle Seahawks

This might eventually cost the Giants a playoff appearance. That could not have been a worse loss. A lot of people lost their survivor pool on that one.

Best Win-Rams’ beat down of the Saints

My Arse is on Fire Award (given to the coach who has lasted the longest on the hottest seat)

Tony Sporano-Miami Dolphins

Now onto some real awards

Offensive player of the year

Fred Jackson, RB, Buffalo Bills

Full disclosure, I wanted to go away from a quarterback here. The little running back no one wanted out of Coe college has been the biggest surprise of the year this season. Behind an average Buffalo Bills line Jackson has rushed for 803 yards (at 5.4 yards per carry) for 6 touchdowns and also chipped in another 391 yards through the air. Jackson has only been in the league five years, but is already thirty years old because of the circuitous route he took to the N.F.L., which is perhaps why the Bills haven’t given him a contract extension this year. Jackson shows us that in this day and age with all of the fancy passing attacks, running the ball is still effective.

Runner up: LeSean McCoy, Eagles

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Sam Bradford is having a sophomore slump. Can he bust out of it?

As good of a season as Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay are enjoying right now, Sam Bradford and the St. Louis Rams are enduring an equally terrible one.

The Rams are 0-4 and traveling to Green Bay coming off of their bye week, not exactly the way they probably would have scripted to come back after such a start. The Packers are playing out of their minds right now, showing that they can hold a lead, flat out dominate a team, or come back on the road against a playoff team.

Whatever there is to be done, you can bet Green Bay has seen it, and Rodgers has to be licking his chops at the thought of going up against a weak St. Louis secondary.

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The Beast known as VonDoom shall be unleashed in Green Bay on Sunday

I am not one to make bold predictions, because I hate the feedback I get if I am wrong, but I have been saying all week that the Broncos would beat the Green Bay Packers on the road, whether you think that’s crazy or not.

As a fan, you typically get this feeling leading up to a game. Typically when I am really nervous, I feel like my team is going to lose or has a really tough road to victory. Sometimes that intuition proves wrong, and sometimes not.

The other feeling I get is really one where I don’t feel anything. My heartbeat doesn’t pickup when I think of the game, and I can honestly look at the matchup and say, “We can win this game.” That being said, I have had that feeling all week about the Broncos vs. the Packers, and I think it either means I think they will win or I think they will get blown out. Those seem to be the two general feelings out there right now, so I’m going to go ahead and go against the grain and pick the Broncos to win.

What to watch for?

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Cam Newton was Good Today, but Aaron Rodgers was better

Whew Doggy. NFL Mocks, unlike many analysts out there had Cam Newton has a top 10  player on our big board. We were a little concerned with his leadership and wondered if he had it, but knew that he had all the physical tools to succeed in the N.F.L. and early returns are impressive. I was against Cam Newton starting for the Panthers this year and thought it would behoove him to sit a year and learn the N.F.L. game while he developed chemistry with the young Wide receivers on his team, but the Panthers thought differently and very early on they look very right.

Cam Newton went 28 for 46 for a whopping 432 yards and a touchdown. This against a team that just won the Superbowl last year and has stars in the secondary like Nick Collins, Charles Woodson, and Tramon Williams. He also had 10 rushes for 53 yards and a touchdown. Now he did have three interceptions, twice being victimized by Charles Woodson, but early on he looks excellent. He’s making all the throws all over the field and is saying all the right things. Newton is making plays down the field, but also doing a great job of taking what the defense is giving him and taking the check downs, which is a very veteran like move. Unlike some players who live with the checkdowns as a young player, Newton is effectively utlizing the check downs, but still taking smart chances down the field. He’s far from a finished product, he did have three interceptions today after all, but early he looks excellent.

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Defending Champion Packers Look Super in Season Opening Win Against Saints - NFL Mocks - NFL Mocks - Covering the 2012 NFL draft, Mock Draft Database, Scouting Reports, and Fantasy Football

The NFL and Fantasy Football season kick off today with Packers vs. Saints. (Picture source: saintsgab.com)

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A spectacular running back like Jamaal Charles was at my third overall selection. Did I take him? (Courtesy of Arrowheadaddict.com)

The NFL Mocks crew (Including myself) had a fantasy football draft on Tuesday night. This fantasy football draft took place at NFL.com and let me tell you the draft ran very smoothly, no glitches or nothing. This league is a 12 team league that included one starting quarterback, two starting running backs, two starting wide receivers, one starting tight end, one starting wide receiver/running back, one starting running back/wide receiver/ tight end, one starting defense and one starting kicker. The bench can hold up to six players.

Usually fantasy football players get hyped about having a top three pick, but not me because I was never in this situation before. In past fantasy football drafts I was always selecting toward the end of the draft. Selecting toward the end of fantasy football drafts in past years made me really strategize a perfect way to build a team when pick at the end. So, being in the top three selection this year really took me out of my comfort zone as a fantasy football player. I was excited though because I knew regardless of who I would pick I would really be getting a top flight player. I don’t want to spoil the pick right here, so with out further ado here is my third overall pick along with all my other 15 picks as well.
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Derek Sherrod is playing guard for the Packers, but isn't playing all that well yet. (picture source Green Bay press gazette.com)

Up Next in my series of tracking how players (especially the young ones) are doing in training camp is the Green Bay Packers.

From JerseyAl.com

While many saw the drafting of Randall Cobb as writing on the wall for Driver’s time in the starting lineup, he showed no signs of slowing down during the practice I witnessed.  Driver made a stellar tiptoe catch on the sideline on one play and then later caught the ball from Aaron Rodgers over the middle (Driver’s specialty) and was able to spin and juke his way out of a tackle.

As for Cobb, what else can I say? I don’t want to place unrealistic expectations on the kid, but he has incredible athletic skills.  During kick return drills, he twice burnt the coverage unit and in passing situations his agility as on full display as he made leaping catches and plays down the middle.  He definitely has promise. Someone even mentioned Desmond Howard when watching Cobb return kicks.

While the return game seems to be on the upswing, the kickoff and punt coverage still seems to be lacking.

The unit was burned not only by Cobb but also by fellow rookie Alex Green out of Hawaii—A RUNNING BACK!  Despite being the most maligned member of the Packers coaching staff, special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum definitely let his players know their coverage skills were poor.  He was constantly reminding players to wrap up their opponents

Sayre was very impressed with what he saw on Alex Green on film leading up to the draft and he was pegged as one of our late round sleepers, so it’s not surprising to see that he’s leaving a good impression on the fans of Green Bay.

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Peyton Manning or Tom Brady?

Every year quarterbacks are ranked. Sometimes they are ranked in lists like you will see below, but other times they are ranked in echelons in the minds of fans, players, and football executives. Some quarterbacks are ranked “elite”. The “elite” group is comprised of the very best. They are true winners and leaders of their respective teams. The next group are the “very good” quarterbacks. They are the ones that are just below the “elite” group. Close to elite, but not quite there. They have great skills and have the respect of their teammates as well as other players around the league. Below the “very good” group are the “good/solid” quarterbacks. They have skills necessary to win, but there are usually questions that are keeping them from ascending the list. Each year there are players who perform well and analysts talk about whether they are “elite” quarterbacks. This off season, that man was Super Bowl winning QB Aaron Rodgers. After Rodgers won the Super Bowl, analysts were asking whether he was an “elite” quarterback. Many think he is while some think he will be very soon. It’s all up to personal interpretation With that said, here is my interpretation as to who are the Top 10 NFL Quarterbacks.

10. Matt Schaub
Schaub is an underrated quarterback because he plays for the Texans who have yet to find playoff success, but if his defense ever improved, he has the skills to take the Texans to the Super Bowl. He’s thrown for 4,000+ yards and 24+ touchdowns the last 2 years. Since becoming a starter for the Texans, he’s never dipped below 63% completion percentage. He’s also had a 90+ QB rating since becoming a starter. Schaub is a quarterback to keep your eye on. He’s already very good and with the Texans defense on the rise, he is bound to start entering the “elite” talk sooner rather then later.

9. Matt Ryan
After suffering through the Mike Vick fiasco, Atlanta moved firmly into the Matt Ryan era and has not looked back. Ryan is a young quarterback who is quickly approaching “elite” status as the Falcons continue to move towards the top of the NFC. Last year, Ryan had his best year throwing 3,705 yards, 28 touchdowns and just 9 interceptions leading the Falcons to a 13-3 record and a 1st round bye. His team lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers, but Ryan is still a quarterback on the rise and a Super Bowl appearance would likely vault him to “elite” status like Rodgers.

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