Pride Of Detroit Awards: The Nominations
by Sean Yuille on Jan 30, 2012 3:48 PM EST
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PrintOver the past couple of weeks, we have found out how Detroit Lions players voted on their team awards. Now I'm interested in seeing what fans' thoughts are on the Lions' 2011 season, and to find out, I am launching a new series of posts: the Pride of Detroit Awards.
While some of the categories may overlap with what the players voted on, some are also different. So far, I have compiled the following list of awards for fans to vote on:
--MVP
--Offensive Player of the Year
--Defensive Player of the Year
--Breakout Player of the Year
--Offensive Play of the Year
--Defensive Play of the Year
--Game of the Year
There are some obvious nominees for each of these categories, but before we move on to the voting phase of the first annual POD Awards, I want to gauge your opinion on who the nominees should be, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Also, if you have any ideas for other categories that we should vote on, please share them in the comments section.
Voting will commence for the POD Awards later this week, so make sure to leave a comment soon on any suggestions or ideas you have.
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Just in case I wasn't specific enough...
These awards are for the Lions, not the entire NFL.
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Couple ideas fro more categorys
Best addition- either draft pick or FA wo the best pickup of the season was
Best depth player – Give some props to the guys who don’t start every down.
Best celebration of the year – Offense or defense where does Tulloch Tebowing rank with Nates Zip it Up
Comeback player of the year – Whom I kidding its Matt
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Good stuff
Like all of those ideas
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A couple ideas
Most valuable off season pickup
Most surprising performance
Special teams MVP
Most valuable backup
My thoughts on nominees
-MVP Stafford, Megatron
-Offensive Player of the Year Stafford, Megatron
-Defensive Player of the Year Avril, Tulloch, Houston
-Breakout Player of the Year Stafford, K Smith, T Young
-Offensive Play of the Year Stafford to Megatron to beat Oakland
-Defensive Play of the Year Bobby Carpentar intercepting Romo for a TD
-Game of the Year Lions vs Raiders, MNF vs the Bears
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Looks like if you copy/paste the -- it will cross out all the titles
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I would say put Houston in front of Ksmith for Breakout player
K smith had like 2 good games…
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Nominee's I think
Offensive MVP -
It’s really only Stafford and Johnson here I think
Defensive MVP -
Cliff Avril, , Tulloch, and Houston
Breakout Player of the Year -
Titus Young, Matthew Stafford, Kevin Smith
Offensive Play of the Year -
Stafford to Megatron in Oakland, Stafford to Megatron in Dallas, Stafford to Best v. Chicago
Defensive Play of the Year -
Bobby Carpenter pick 6 in Dallas, Tulloch “Tebowing”, Avril’s forced Fumble in Denver, KVB sack/recovery/TD v San Fran
Game of the Year -
@Oakland
@Dallas
@Minnesota
My name is Suh! How do you do?! Now You GONNA DIE!
Best's 88 YD TD Run
for some reason I thought it was a screen.
My name is Suh! How do you do?! Now You GONNA DIE!
by rmatheny on Jan 30, 2012 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Also best TD Celebration
I think this is a year to celebrate, so lets ring in the guys who like to have fun. Or you could do a “spirit” player if you wear a skirt.
My name is Suh! How do you do?! Now You GONNA DIE!
Categories
Most improbable comeback game
Most dissappointing loss
Best win
Most clutch player
Most underrated offensive and defensive player
Best play call
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This is My Opinion
—MVP – Stafford
—Offensive Player of the Year – Megatron
—Defensive Player of the Year – Avril
—Breakout Player of the Year – Stafford
—Offensive Play of the Year – Stafford to Megatron bomb in overtime against Minnesota
—Defensive Play of the Year – Bobby Carpenter interception Vs Cowboys
—Game of the Year – Raiders vs Lions
by Liontotheextreme on Jan 30, 2012 4:57 PM EST reply actions
I'll Vote
MVP= Stafford
Offensive MVP= Stafford
Defensive Player of the Year= Avril
Breakout Player of the Year= Stafford
Offensive Play of the Year= Syafford to CJ in the end zone vs. Cowboys
Defensive Play of the Year= Bobby Carpenter’s pick 6 vs. Dallas
Game of the Year= Detroit vs. Dallas
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Could we add Rookie of the Year
I think Sean wanted us to save the voting til later
Playoffs for Christmas!!
by StaffordSuperBowlMVP on Jan 30, 2012 5:23 PM EST reply actions
Too obvious...
Titus Young would win in a land slide, there’s really no point. Leshoure didn’t play, Fairley barely played and really no other rookie played except Hogue and he didn’t really make much of an impact.
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Oh I guess Donahue...
But he got hurt halfway through the season too
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I was thinking maybe we'll have more competition agsin next year
and that it would still be good to include. I’m sure some of the winners will ne landslides as well.
Playoffs for Christmas!!
by StaffordSuperBowlMVP on Jan 31, 2012 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
MVP
Offensive Player of the Year(Calvin Johnson)
Defensive Player of the Year(Cliff Avril)
Breakout Player of the Year(Stafford)
Offensive Play of the Year(Best’s 88 yard run vs the Bears)
Defensive Play of the Year(Avril’s strip and fumble recovery vs the Vikings)
Game of the Year(Packers vs Lions week 17)
My bad MVP
Stafford, because he led our team to the playoffs and stayed “healthy” for his first time in his NFL career
Nominees only
MVP & Offensive – Calvin and Stafford and nobody else is close.
Defensive – Cliff, Tulloch, and Houston.
Breakout – Stafford.
O. Play – Best TD run vs Chicago; Calvin catch in OT vs Vikings; Calvin triple team catch for TD vs Dallas; Staff to Calvin on 4th down vs TB; Staff to Scheffler TD vs KC
D. Play – Carp’s pick six vs Cowboys; Houston pick six vs Cowboys; Cliff’s pick six vs Chargers; stuff of Gerhart on fourth down in Minnesota; Cliff’s strip sack of Tebow for a TD; Houston’s pick six vs Tebow;
Game of the Year??? at Minnesota; at Dallas; at Oakland; vs San Fran; vs Chicago Monday Night; at Green Bay; vs the Chargers There were so many great games this year!
"I’m sorry for all the people who want us to run the ball 40 times a game, but we’re going to put the ball in No. 9’s hands and he’s going to make plays for us like he did today," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said. Amen to that Jim!
IMO
MVP: Stafford. Johnson had an amazing year, but Stafford brought him to next level.
Defensive MVP: Cliff Avril
Offensive Player: Megatron. Amazing season
Defensive Player: Chris Houston. He deserved the Pro Bowl. He got the INTs and the TDs
Breakout Player: Titus Young. Was anyone expecting those numbers after missing Camp?
Offensive Play: Staff’s run against Oakland. He put it all in the line without anyone knowing. Pure skill
Defensive Play: Bobby’s Pick 6 against Romo. That changed the game.
Game of the Year: Vs Chargers. Got to the playoffs; for sure the best game
Offensive MVP – Stafford or Calvin
Defensive MVP – Avril
Offensive Player – Stafford or Calvin (whoever is not the O MVP)
Defensive Player – Tulloch
Breakout Player – Titus Young
Offensive Play – Calvin’s catch over the 3 Cowboy defenders
Defensive Play – Avril’s pick six against the Chargers
Game of the Year – Chargers (though I can see Raiders or Cowboys too)
MVP- Matt Stafford
Offensive Player of the Year- Calvin Johnson
Defensive Player of the Year- Cliff Avril
Breakout Player of the Year- Stafford
Offensive Play of the Year- Tied w/ Best’s 88 yard run vs Bears & The Triple Coverage TD
Defensive Play of the Year- Avril’s strip and fumble recovery vs the Vikings
Game of the Year- Lions @ Cowgirls
Game of the year
No one mentioned how we owned the Broncos and Chiefs. The 2 most dominanat performances of all year.
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That would be implying that those were games
I think we dont discuss us cause it would be under most dominate game. But in my opinion a game is a battle and a close one where a few plays dictate the course of the game and to me the Raiders or Cowboys was it.
by Liontotheextreme on Jan 30, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Mine
MVP — Stafford
Offensive Player of the Year — Calvin Johnson
Defensive Player of the Year — Stephen Tulloch
Breakout Player of the Year — Stephen Peterman( can’t give Stafford every award)
Offensive Play of the Year — CJ’s triple team TD Catch against Rob Ryan’s cowbitches
Defensive Play of the Year — Bobby Carpenter’s TD return against the Cowboys to start the comeback
Game of the Year — San Diego The game that launched the Lions into the playoffs.
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I agree with all of them exept for game of the year
Cowboys win was the best game for me. I went through the whole range of emotions throughout the game.
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Yeah it was a tough choice for me
but I already give out two awards for for plays in that game. Just trying to spread the love around.
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Raiders and Cowboys
Best games, if you didnt die somewhere in there by the end you were going to have a heart attack
by Liontotheextreme on Jan 30, 2012 7:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If you liked nail biters how about both Minnesota games, San Fran, and even the Carolina game.
"I’m sorry for all the people who want us to run the ball 40 times a game, but we’re going to put the ball in No. 9’s hands and he’s going to make plays for us like he did today," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said. Amen to that Jim!
I choose the Overtime bomb to CJ as the play of the year
We had a lot of nail biters thats for sure and i wouldnt be surprised if we lost some fans this year, medically speaking
by Liontotheextreme on Jan 30, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
Totally agreed
The home game vs, the Chargers was a perfect execution by a playoff minded team
Worst Officiated Game/ Worst Call
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by Lionz Fowlweatherfan on Jan 30, 2012 7:29 PM EST reply actions
Worst Officiated Against GB Week 17
Worst Call…. all the controversial calls in that game lol
by Liontotheextreme on Jan 30, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Im torn between GB (so many) & NO
Worst Call; Titus Young’s Non-TD call VS NO in the playoffs as we had no challenges left due to 2 previous BS calls in the first half. Then all the generous spots,missblown whistle,etc, in the second half,yes definately NO.
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by Lionz Fowlweatherfan on Jan 31, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
—MVP-Matthew Stafford
—Offensive Player of the Year-Calvin Johnson
—Defensive Player of the Year-Cliff Avril
—Breakout Player of the Year-Cliff Avril
—Offensive Play of the Year-Calvin in triple coverage
—Defensive Play of the Year-A tie between the three second half int’s against Dallas.
—Game of the Year-The Raiders game was the most exciting Lions game I have ever watched.
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nominations (to be clear, I’m not trying to vote for all, these are nominations, if everyone just nominated Megatron what’s the point of having the voting post):
—MVP = Megatron, Stafford, Tulloch, Suh
—Offensive Player of the Year = Megatron, Stafford, Pettigrew, TDY
—Defensive Player of the Year = Suh, Tulloch, KVB, Houston
—Breakout Player of the Year = TDY, Durant, Spievey, Donohue
—Offensive Play of the Year = Stafford to Megatron in _ game, NB toe drag swa
—Defensive Play of the Year = Avril 1st ff/td, Carp pick 6
—Game of the Year = Bears at home, Cowboys comeback
I like the suggestions so far. Now how about some more off-the-wall perhaps POD specific
- most wanted to be cut most likely to get a fanpost
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- most overrated by PoD (as you view it) most underrated by PoD (as you view it)
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Like
Definitely like the most underated, do Offensive and Defensive on that.
Also best celebration.
My take
Nominations:
*As a disclaimer, should we limit one award to each? Mainly to avoid CJ or Staff winning both offense and overall mvp? (one for each I’d say)
- MVP
Stafford, Calvin, Avril, Hansonm special shoutout to Schwartz too maybe?
- Offensive Player of the Year
Stafford, Calvin, Smith, Pettigrew, Raiola maybe?
- Defensive Player of the Year
Tulloch, Avril, Suh, KVB, Durant, Houston
- Breakout Player of the Year
Titus, Stafford, Pettigrew, Houston, Donahue?
- Offensive Play of the Year
CJ over double coverage against Dallas; CJ bomb on MNF; Scheffler one-hander (can’t remember against who); Titus catch agsint KC I think? (one of his first ones was mind-boggling)
- Defensive Play of the Year
Carpenter’s pick-six against Dallas; Houston’s pick-six against Dallas; Avril’s pick six against SD; KVB’s strip sack against SF
- Game of the Year
at Dallas; vs Chicago; at Minnesota; at Oakland; vs Carolina
Suggestions:
- Best Comeback (although I feel all of these will be nominated for best game)
- Best Celebration
- Most Nerve-Wrecking Moment
- Most Heartbreaking Loss
- Most Dominant Win (the 3 blowouts, and maybe Carolina)
Offensive MVP – Stafford has to win it.
Defensive MVP – Avril was the best guy on the line (where was Suh?)
Breakout Player of the Year – Stafford showed why we drafted him #1
Offensive Play of the Year – Odd one… The long pass to CJ down the sideline very late in the first Vikings game to put us into overtime. It was the moment that people said “These Lions are different. They are not going to roll over and die in the face of adversity.”
Defensive Play of the Year – When Carp got a pick 6 in the Dallas game. It changed the tide for that game and made us the story for the first half of the season.
Game of the Year – MNF vs Bears. It felt like my SuperBowl
My Votes
MVP- Matthew Stafford
OPOY- Calvin Johnson
DOPY- Stephen Tulloch
BreakoutPOY- Titus Young
Best offensive play- Stafford’s pass to Megatron to set up win in Dallas
Best defensive play- Avril’s interception
GOY- Win to seal the deal vs. Chargers.
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by Lions & Panthers Fan on Jan 31, 2012 12:09 PM EST reply actions
My nominees
—MVP = Megatron, Stafford (the rest of the field is distant)
—Offensive Player of the Year = Megatron, Stafford (whoever wasn’t MVP)
—Defensive Player of the Year = Tulloch, Avril, Houston
—Breakout Player of the Year = TDY, Durant, W Young
—Offensive Play of the Year = Megatron’s catch in triple coverage @ Dallas,
—Defensive Play of the Year = Avril sack at midfield in last drive @ Oak, Houston pick-6 @ Dallas
—Game of the Year = MNF Bears, Cowgirls, @ Oak, clincher vs. SD
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