THE DW AWARDS
SEASON 43 EDITION
THE BILL BELICHICK AWARD
(Most wins during regular season)
Browns (Bomber)
In Season 43…Bomber finished with a 16-1 record, the most wins in the SML.
THE CFL AWARD
(Fewest wins during regular season)
Broncos (Finz)
For the second consecutive season, Finz finished with a regular season record of 1-16, the worst record in the SML. One more season of this and I’m renaming this award The Finz Award.
THE TANK AWARD
(Award for the team that performed the most below expectations during the regular season)
Buccaneers (Pauly)
Pauly claims he wasn’t tanking this season, but C’mon Man! You aren’t fooling any of us. Pauly finished with a 4-13 record after making the playoffs in Season 42.
THE MARV LEVY AWARD
(A dominant regular season performance but no luck in the playoffs award)
Seahawks (Nole)
Nole finished Season 43 tied for the most wins in the NFC conference with 13 total only to lose in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs to the Panthers 28-17.
THE BRICK SHITHOUSE AWARD
(THE DUMP AWARD)
(Best offensive team in the league based on total yards)
Cardinals (Dump)
Just like much of last cycle, Dump continued his dominance on the offensive side of the ball in Season 43 leading the league in total yards with 6540 total.
THE PEYTON MANNING AWARD
(Most passing yards during regular season)
Bills (Fazz)
Fazz led the league in passing this season with 4732 total yards. 239 more yards than the closest opponent.
THE ERIC DICKERSON AWARD
(Most rushing yards during regular season)
Cardinals (Dump)
Dump led the league in total rushing yards with 2441 total, 127 yards more than the closest opponent.
THE JOHN FOX AWARD
(Highest scoring team during regular season)
Ravens (Spades)
Spades led the league in scoring averaging 34.8 PPG, 0.1 PPG more than the closest opponent.
THE DAN MARINO AWARD
(Most touchdown passes thrown during regular season)
Dolphins (Meats)
Meats led the league in total passing touchdowns on the season with 49 total, 1 more than the next closest opponent.
THE LADAINIAN TOMLINSON AWARD
(Most rushing touchdowns scored during regular season)
Chargers (Dan)
Dan led the league in total rushing touchdowns with 37 total, 5 more than the next closest opponent.
THE MICHAEL THOMAS AWARD
(Most receptions during regular season)
Lions (QP)
QP’s WR Quan Stoudemire led the league in total receptions with 79 total, 1 more than the next closest opponent.
THE MEGATRON AWARD
(Most receiving yards during regular season)
Ravens (Spades)
Spades’ WR Marquise Brown led the league in total receiving yards with 1631 total, 25 more yards than the next closest opponent.
THE RANDY MOSS AWARD
(Most receiving touchdowns during regular season)
Ravens (Spades)
Spades’ WR Marquise Brown led the league in total receiving touchdowns with 22 total, 3 more than the next closest opponent.
THE STEEL CURTAIN AWARD
(Fewest total defensive yards given up during regular season)
Jaguars (Coop)
Coop finished the season with the best defense in the SML allowing only 4471 total yards on defense, 122 less yards than the next closest opponent.
THE MARVIN LEWIS AWARD
(Fewest defensive points allowed during regular season)
Browns (Bomber)
Bomber gave up the fewest amount of points on defense on the season with only 344 (20.2 PPG) total, 5 less points than what Prime’s defense allowed on the season with 349 (20.5 PPG) total.
THE BUDDY RYAN AWARD
(Most total defensive team sacks during the regular season)
Jaguars (Coop)
Coop led the league in total sacks on defense with 47 total, 2 more than the next closest opponent.
THE SID GILLMAN AWARD
(Most defensive team interceptions during regular season)
Chiefs (Prime)
Prime led the league in total interceptions on defense with 55 total, 5 more than the next closest opponent.
THE TOM BRADY AWARD
(Fewest interceptions thrown during regular season)
Bills (Fazz)
Fazz led the league in fewest interceptions thrown with only 14 total, 2 interceptions less than the next closest opponent.
THE TOM CATLIN AWARD
(Most total defensive team takeaways during regular season)
Football Team (NYT)
NYT led the league in total takeaways on defense with 61 total, 2 more than Klinke who finished with 59 total.
THE PARTICIPATION TROPHY AWARD
(Fewest total offensive yards during regular season)
Bengals (Spooky)
Spooky finished dead last in total offensive yards with 4107 total on the season, 74 yards less than the next closest opponent.
THE POLISHED TURD AWARD
(Lowest scoring offense during the regular season)
Falcons (TTS)
TTS finished the season with the lowest scoring offense in the league averaging only 17.6 PPG, 0.6 PPG less than the next closest opponent.
THE SWISS CHEESE AWARD
(Most total defensive yards given up during the regular season)
49ers (Figgs)
Figgs allowed the most total yards on defense on the season allowing 6519 total yards of offense, 299 more yards than the next closest opponent.
THE DOORMAT OF THE YEAR AWARD
(Most points given up on defense during the regular season)
Broncos (Finz)
Finz gave up the most total points on defense on the season giving up 602 (35.4 PPG) points, 38 points more than the next closest opponent.
THE POWDER PUFF AWARD
(Fewest sacks during regular season)
Falcons (TTS)
Poor TTS only recorded 13 sacks with his Falcons defense in Season 43, 4 less than the next closest opponent.
THE GIVE IT AWAY GIVE IT AWAY GIVE IT AWAY NOW AWARD
(Most total giveaways on offense during the regular season)
Broncos (Finz)
Finz led the league in giveaways, turning the ball over 59 times during the regular season, 6 more than the next closest opponent.
THE STEVIE WONDER AWARD
(Most interceptions thrown during regular season)
Broncos (Finz) & Falcons (TTS)
Finz and TTS tied for the most interceptions thrown during the regular season with 49 total, 1 more than the next closest opponent.
THE BUTTERFINGER AWARD
(Most fumbles lost during regular season)
Broncos (Finz), Vikings (Dmues), & Eagles (Tiny)
Finz, Dmues, and Tiny led the league with the most fumbles lost with 10 total.