Michael Vick wins Comeback Player of the Year

by Mavyrk on Feb 5, 2011 9:44 PM EST

Reported a couple minutes ago, Michael Vick beat Mike Williams out for comeback player of the year during the 2010 season, by a margin of 29.5 to 8 votes. More after the jump.

Did he deserve it? In my eyes, yes.

It isn't about what Vick or Mike did to cause their respective falls from grace and therein rise back up. You have to ask yourself: who poised themselves for a better comeback?

You look at Mike Williams, who after being drafted by the Lions essentially ate himself out of the league. Three years later or so, Mike Williams has a family and kids to feed. He hooks up with his old coach Pete Carroll in Seattle, and quickly finds himself to be the #1 receiver on a playoff team.

Michael Vick, on the other hand, had a catastrophic downswing in the form of felonious convictions and jail-time. Vick, at the beginning of the season wasn't even a starter. By the end of the year, he was around the top 3 QBs of the season -- while Mike Williams did good, he was definitely not near the top of the receiver class this year.

So essentially you have a guy who fell out of the league and came back to have a fairly decent year, versus a guy who went to jail and then came back to being one of the most threatening QBs in the league. You have to compare how low each person went, and then how high each person went. In my eyes, Michael Vick went lower, and peaked higher, across the board.

I'll open the floor to discussion now. Who do you feel deserved it?

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Vick needs to win

Hate him or love him he does deserve this award.

"Show me someone with an offseason and I'll show you someone in last place"- Ndamukong Suh ( All Pro, Pro Bowl, Pepsi Rookie of the year, AP defensive rookie of the year, Sporting news rookie of the year,)

by The Profiler on Feb 5, 2011 9:49 PM EST reply actions

Suprised Santonio didn't get a vote for comeback player

After his B.S suspension.

You just delt with DA DAWG

by The Dawg on Feb 5, 2011 11:18 PM EST reply actions

Although I diagree with what he did, it's in the past and

He deserves this award and I want to congratulate him on his efforts on and off the field.

Sign Asomugha and draft Amukamara (The A-TEAM)
1st Round Amukamara
2nd Round Casey Matthews or Bruce Carter
3rd Round John Moffitt
NOW THATS AN OFFSEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Motown_Soldier on Feb 6, 2011 12:18 AM EST reply actions

I'm a big, big Michael Vick fan

Really glad to see him recognized for doing something everyone doubted he could do – be dominant in the NFL. The guy is an absolute terror on the field, and I’m glad that of all people, it was #7 who showed all of the mud slingers and moral compasses around the NFL that redemption IS possible.

Here’s to a long career for Vick. He’s had a couple years off, he should be able to play til he’s 45, haha.

by Nate D. on Feb 6, 2011 7:19 AM EST reply actions

Mike Williams should've won

Overcoming being a Millen draft pick is more impressive than anything lol

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by Sean Yuille on Feb 6, 2011 9:55 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

lol

Lions fan for life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's me looking into the future at the Lions going to the Play-offs by 2011 and going to the Super Bowl in 2012!!!
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by lionsfan_772 on Feb 6, 2011 10:58 AM EST up reply actions