2017 MBC Award Results

by chetty12 | 9 years ago | 5 Comments

Sorry about the delay in the article, but with the website issues I couldn't post it.

 

Most Valuable Player:

Zac Pittman, QB, Bills

Tevin Coleman, RB, Falcons

 

The voting for MVP was right down the middle between the QB and the RB, with both players each getting 47% of the vote. It seems only appropriate that the most dominating QB and most dominating RB share the award in a season where they both set records.

 

Offensive Player of the Year:

Zac Pittman, QB, Bills

Runner Up:

Tevin Coleman, RB, Falcons

John Brown, WR, Cardinals

 

Pittman and Coleman may have tied for MVP, but Pittman was the runaway OPOY award winner. Pittman finished with 47% of the votes for OPOY, but John Brown stole some votes from Coleman in this category to give Pittman the win.

 

Offensive Rookie of the Year:

Zac Pittman, QB, Bills

Runner Up:

Jemale Finley, RB, Giants

 

In the biggest landslide of votes, Pittman ran away with the OROY award with 10/15 votes. Finley being the top rookie RB did steal a few votes away.

 

Defensive Player of the Year:

Jon Bostic, MLB, Bears

Runner Up:

Aaron Donald, DT, Rams

 

After coming so close to winning in 2016, Bostic finally took home the DPOY award in 2017. His 16 turnovers forced and 115 tackles were enough to overcome the sack king, Aaron Donald.

 

Defensive Rookie of the Year:

Immanuel Ferrell, MLB, Raiders

Runner Up:

Levon Jordan, MLB, Bears

Mason Russell, MLB, Chiefs

 

DPOY was dominated by MLB's this year and the voters decided that Immanuel Ferrell was the best of the bunch. 

 

Special Teams Player of the Year:

Tavon Austin, KR/PR, Cardinals

Runner Up:

Lyndon Reed, KR/PR, Rams

 

In one of the surprise voting results, Tavon Austin ran away with the SPOY award. Looking at the results, the voters must have went effeciency and average yards per return over quantity. Reed set records for his kick return yardage, but it was not enough to overtake Austin.

 

Most Improved Player of the Year:

Alex Smith, QB, Cardinals

Runner Up:

Branch Riley, FS, Lions

Casey Hayward, FS, Packers

 

After being replaced in 2015 by Tyler Bray, Alex Smith was an aging backup with seemingly no life left in his career. That's when Brett Hundley's annual injury bug hit and Smith was left as the starting QB of the Arizona Cardinals. He finished the year with a QBR of 115.2 and a 16/5 TD to INT ratio. The efficient season of Smith was enough to hold off the young surging FS of Riley and Hayward.

 

Dynamic Duo of the Year:

Tevin Coleman, RB, Falcons

Julio Jones, WR, Falcons

Runner Up:

Casey Hayward, FS, Packers

Haha Clinton-Dix, SS, Packers

 

After Julio led all receivers in receiving and Coleman led all running back in rushing yards, the voting for Dynamic Duo was fairly easy. There were a couple of other dominant defensive pairings, including the safety combo in Green Bay, but it was not enough to overtake Coleman and Julio's dominance.

 

Coach of the Year:

Chetty Twelve, Arizona Cardinals

Runner Up:

Duval Hornet, New Orleans Saints

 

After leading his team to a Super Bowl win in 2016, Chetty Twelve led his team within 1 game of being undefeated, but fell just short. This did not change the voters mind, as they voted Chetty Twleve the Coach of the Year. Duval Hornet does deserve a lot of recognition for the job he did trading for Stafford and keeping the Saints offense dominant.

 

Highlight of the Year:

Runner Up: