Jason Pierre-Paul wraps up Titans' Chris Johnson in Sept. 26 game. Source: Associated Press
The NFL regular season has now concluded and individual award presentations will begin shortly. Along with the always controversial selection of the two Pro-Bowl teams, I believe there should be no set formation to the All-Pro team.
This year, I have selected the team with a 3-4 defence and duel Tight End set on offence as a reflection of change from previous Fullback-Half Back offences.
Quarterback
Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)
4,643 passing yards, 257 yards rushing, 48 touchdowns (3 rushing), 6 interceptions, 122.5 QB rating
Running Back
LeSean McCoy (Philadelphia Eagles)
1,309 yards rushing, 315 yards receiving, 20 touchdowns, 1 fumble
Wide Receiver
Calvin Johnson (Detroit Lions)
96 receptions, 1,681 yards receiving, 16 touchdowns, 1 fumble
Jordy Nelson (Green Bay Packers)
68 receptions, 1,263 yards receiving, 15 touchdowns, 0 fumbles
Tight End
Rob Gronkowski (New England Patriots)
90 receptions, 1,327 yards receiving, 18 touchdowns (1 rushing),
Jimmy Graham (New Orleans Saints)
99 receptions, 1310 yards receiving, 11 touchdowns
Centre
Ryan Khalil (Carolina Panthers)
Khilil played a major role in the Panthers running game and protecting Cam Newton. The Panthers gave up 35 sacks (ranked 9th) and Newton rushed 706 yards for 14 touchdowns.
Offensive Guard
Jahri Evens (New Orleans Saints)
Carl Nicks (New Orleans Saints)
The Saints led the league in offensive yards and passing yards. The line gave up the second fewest sacks, fewest QB hits and enabled the team the 6th most rushing yards in the league.
Offensive Tackle
Jason Peters (Philadelphia Eagles)
The best run blocker in the league, Peters played a major role in LeSean McCoy’s dominant year of rushing while contributing to the line which gave up the 7th fewest sacks.
Andrew Whitworth (Cincinnati Bengals)
With a rookie behind centre, Whitworth played a major role in the Bengals line which gave up the third fewest sacks in the league.
Defensive End
Jason Pierre-Paul (New York Giants)
16.5 sacks, 112 sack yards, 28 QB hits, 86 combined tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 1 safety, 6 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles
Jared Allen (Minnesota Vikings)
22 sacks, 150.5 sack yards, 28 QB hits, 66 combined tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 1 safety, 3 passes defended, 1 interception, 4 forced fumbles
Defensive Tackle
Haloti Ngata (Baltimore Ravens)
5 sacks, 21 sack yards, 8 QB hits, 64 combined tackles, 5 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles, 3 fumbles recovers, 28 fumble yards, 1 touchdown
Outside Linebacker
DeMarcus Ware (Dallas Cowboys)
19.5 sacks, 124.5 sack yards, 28 QB hits, 58 combined tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 2 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovered
Von Miller (Denver Broncos)
11.5 sacks, 77 sack yards, 24 QB hits, 64 combined tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 4 passes defended, 3 forced fumbles
Inside Linebacker
David Hawthorne (Seattle Seahawks)
2 sacks, 8 sack yards, 2 QB hits, 115 combined tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 6 passes defended, 3 interceptions, 111 interception yards, 1 fumble recovered, 9 fumble yards, 1 touchdown
London Fletcher (Washington Redskins)
1.5 sacks, 12 sack yards, 8 QB hits, 166 combined tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 8 passes defended, 2 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles
Cornerback
Darelle Revis (New York Jets)
52 combined tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 25 passes defended, 4 interceptions, 184 interception yards, 1 touchdown
Champ Bailey (Denver Broncos)
39 combined tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 10 passes defended, 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble
Free Safety
Eric Weddle (San Diego Chargers)
88 combined tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 QB hit, 12 passes defended, 7 interceptions, 89 interception yards
Strong Safety
Troy Polamalu (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1 sack, 91 combined tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 QB hits, 14 passes defended, 2 interceptions, 33 interception yards, 1 fumble recovered, 16 fumble yards
Kicker
David Akers (San Francisco 49ers)
100% PAT conversion, 85% FG conversion, 44 total field goals, 7 FG’s 50y+ from 9 attempts
Punter
Andy Lee (San Francisco 49ers)
44.0 yard net average, 50.9 gross average, 28 inside 20’s, 78 punts, 29 returns, 9 touchbacks, 0 touchdown punt returns
Kick Returner
Joe McKnight (New York Jets)
34 returns, 31.6 yard average return, 5 returns 40y+, 1 fumble, 1 touchdown
Punt Returner
Patrick Peterson (Arizona Cardinals)
44 returns, 15.9 yard average return, 5 returns 40y+, 3 fumbles, 4 touchdowns
AlfieCaresTooMuchAboutBackups
January 3, 2012
I’d take MJD over Lesean Mccoy any day. Any defense who goes up against the Eagles is taking the pass in to account. Any defense who goes up against the Jags and takes the pass into account is a joke. Yet 1.6k rushing yards vs 1.3k. MJD is in a different league.
For outside linebacker, how can you miss Terrel Suggs? 14 sacks, 2 interceptions, 7 forced fumbles. Von Miller out, Suggs in.
For Cornerback, Charles Woodson has had a better year than Bailey and Revis. Bailey out, Woodson in.
For Strong Safety, while Roman Harper may not have been as good against the pass as Polamalu has been, he’s been much more effective at pressuring the quarterback. He has 96 tackles to Polamalu’s 91, 7.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery. It’s a tough one but Harper’s year stands out more.
Alfred Chan
January 3, 2012
Woodson gets picks, but he gives up wayyyyyy too many yards. Ignore stats when you look at corners. Bailey and Revis have no stats because their guys don’t get targeted, that’s good they are on coverage.
AlfieCaresTooMuchAboutBackups
January 4, 2012
Nnamdi Asomugha was like that all those years at Oakland, but now that he’s getting targeted it doesn’t look so good. You can only assume so much about a corner when they aren’t being targeted. Anyway, Charles Woodson may give up some big plays but Revis has been burned a few times this year (note: Stevie Johnson).
Bailey has so much help from Miller and Dumervill that it’s not funny. Rarely does a quarterback get enough time to let their receivers break coverage against the broncos so it makes it easier for Bailey to cover. When they went up against Rodgers earlier this year and the Broncos couldn’t pressure him so much, Bailey didn’t seem so good.
Woodson plays on arguably the worst defensive team. He doesn’t get much help from safeties or pressure on the quarterback from his D-Line and he plays the ball aggressively. He also benefits from playing on a 15-1 team which helps his case for the All-Pro team.