2007 SB Nation NFL Mid-Season Studs and Duds

Special thanks to BigBlueShoe from Stampede Blue for putting this together.

Hard to believe, but we are now halfway into the 2007 NFL season, and just like last year, the SB Nation football writers have made their picks on the Mid-Season Studs and Duds of 2007. The categories are the same as last year, and like last year the writers could add in their own selections for best and worst. The criteria for the categories was for the writers to look at Weeks One through Nine cumulatively and make a judgment on who was great and who sucked harder than Kim Kardashian in the alley behind an LA night club. So, for example, while Drew Brees has played well the last three weeks, from Weeks One to Five, he really, really stunk. His cumulative play from Weeks One to Nine made him a nominee in the Worst Player category.

Also, many writers made it clear that while Patriots coach Bill Belichick is 9-0, his getting caught cheating after Week One tainted his legitimacy. Therefore, it was requested he be left off the Best Coach nominee list. Of course, that didn't stop writers like Kirkendall and TheSportsGuru from writing in his name anyway. Some added Belichick into the Worst Coach list. Shockingly, they were writers who cover AFC East teams (cough*cough*Matty I from Phinsider*cough*cough).

All that said, here are the 2007 NFL Mid-Season Studs and Duds, presented by the football writers of SB Nation:

NFL Mid-Season Awards:

The Studs:

The Duds:

As always, the writers chimed in with their thoughts about some of the players they voted for:

JasonB over at Bleeding Green Nation didn't think Osi Umenyiora deserved the same kind of defensive accolades others did:

As you can see, JasonB still has the shakes from witnessing Osi sack his team's QB a record 6 times in one game. Somewhere, ETVal is still smiling about that game.

TheSportsGuru thought the entire Rams roster deserved a spot on the Worst Player category:

VanRam continues to shake his head and wonder what went wrong.

Brandon over at Acme Packing Company stood up for his boy, Justin Harrell:

And finally, BrianG at Buffalo Rumblings offered one of the more interesting comments on the MVP and Best Offensive Player:

As you can see, love and respect runs a plenty in the AFC East. Thanks to all SB Nation football writers that voted. We will do another Studs and Duds at the end of the regular season.