American Football: SportzTawk's Football Awards

Who is the most improved team?

i will have to go with two teams here the Bengals going from horrible to a .500 club, and then the Panthers making it all the way to the superbowl.

The panthers did have a great run, as well as the bengals. Any other opininos.

Certainly the Bengals were a huge surprise, I have to mention my beloved Dallas Cowboys suffering through 3 consecutive 5-11 seasons only to go 10-6 this year and secure a playoff spot.

I think biggest disappointment would have to go to the Oakland Raiders. That team was in the Super Bowl last year?

Yea that was very dissapointing, its hard to blame that on one person. What about the bills, a lot of announcers said that hte bills were going to the SB and look were they turned out.

I would say the Panthers after getting to the final..

Originally posted by TRD
I would say the Panthers after getting to the final..

Yeah I guess reaching the Super Bowl could justify them being most improved. Statistically speaking, they went from 7-9 to 11-5 for a +4 improvement.

Cincinatti went from 2-14 to 8-8 for a +6 difference.

Dallas went from 5-11 to 10-6 for a +5.

Even New England was a +5 after going 14-2 and 9-7 the previous year.

Last year's Super Bowl teams:

Tampa Bay - from 12-4 to 7-9

Oakland - from 11-5 to 4-12

Tampa and Oakland did have poor seasons,after reaching th final last year they would have been expecting great things.I wonder what went wrong for them?

Bengals i have to go with the most improved. It was all just cause of the coach. Look for a big year next year. Dissapointing definatly Oakland. Can they turn it aounrd?

Originally posted by Ben
Dissapointing definatly Oakland. Can they turn it aounrd?

The Raiders still have a talented bunch and new coach Norv Turner should bring alot of experience and wisdom to the Silver and Black. Most of the players said that last season coach Bill Callahan lost control of the team in the first few weeks and it was just a nosedive season the rest of the way.

MVP on the offeasonive front?

The league gave it to Mannign and McNair for their offensive performances, but mine would be Brady a team is centered around a QB and he lead his team to 16 straight wins. That deserves an MVP.

I would like to think Jamal Lewis or Peyton Manning would be more deserving of the MVP title.

Manning by farrrrrr...Brady didn't deserve it at all.

Coach of the year?

I like Marvin Lewis of the bengals.

what about the tuna

John Fox, easy. Took a 1-16 team 2 years ago, changed them to 7-9 last season I think and now NFL Champions this season.

It took him 2 seasons thats right but look at Lewis and what he did to this bengals squad in 1 YEAR

Btoh of you mkae good ponits but i think you have to give it to lewis jsut look at the perfomce of the bengals in years past, and then look at this years performance.