Monday, December 19, 2011

Sunday?s five most valuable players, Week 15

Sunday?s five most valuable players, Week 15

See Sunday's five least valuable players here.

Romeo Crennel, (Interim) Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs. Nobody's going undefeated on Romeo Crennel's watch. Nobody. The Packers are pretty good, I guess, but what can any team be expected to do against Romeo the Iron Teddy Bear (I really hope that nickname sticks).

Now, I think it's crazy to give anyone a head coaching job based on one game (or even the next three), but it's not crazy to consider Romeo the Iron Teddy Bear head coaching material. Look back at his four years in Cleveland. The Browns have had one 10-win season in the last 13 years, and that was under Romeo. If his overall record wasn't great, did that maybe have something to do with Trent Dilfer, Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson being his quarterbacks?

Reggie Bush, Running Back, Miami Dolphins. Could Reggie Bush be blamed if he wanted to play the rest of this season with his middle fingers extended constantly towards the TV cameras? The Dolphins were ridiculed by pretty much everyone when they said they expected Reggie Bush to be an every-down back, but he just went over�200 yards on a cold Buffalo day for his third straight 100-plus-yards game. I'm not saying this puts him in the Hall of Fame or anything, but I don't know if anyone expected him to still be getting carries, let alone thriving, at this point in the season.

Calvin Johnson, Wide Receiver, Detroit Lions. Detroit had two touchdown drives with under 8:00 to play against the Raiders. On the first one, Calvin Johnson was responsible for 38 of the Lions 71 yards, with 24 in receiving yards and 14 on a drawn pass-interference penalty. On the game-winning drive, Johnson had 75 of Detroit's 98 yards, including the game-winning touchdown in the back of the end zone. He's the world's most dangerous receiver.

Drew Brees, Quarterback, New Orleans Saints. Despite the amazing year he's having, Drew Brees has not yet been on any of this season's five most valuable players of the week lists. I take full responsibility for the mistake, and hope this corrects it somewhat. Drew Brees is a machine and I believe he'd be able to torture the Minnesota secondary just as effectively if the Saints played them 9-on-11. Brees had five touchdowns, 412 yards and no interceptions Sunday. Dan Marino might want to be on-hand to congratulate him next Monday night.

Tom Brady, Quarterback, New England Patriots. Quarterback vs. Quarterback was the storyline, but the real meaningful thing here is that New England just had their way with a defense that's been pretty stout recently. I don't believe that Denver played poorly in that game. I believe New England was just too much for the Broncos�to handle, and I think that would be true against most teams. It wasn't even Gronkowski or Welker who killed anyone Sunday. It was Aaron Hernandez. If the Patriots defense rises even to the level of non-atrocious, they could look like the AFC's best team two weeks from now.

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