Link: HERE Taking nothing away from Aqib Talib, but Grimes should have been on this list. Grimes has not been "raped" this year quite like I have seen Talib. Ice up, son!
Strange that Hekker beat Brandon Fields out for 1st all pro. I haven't watched Hekker, but straight stats suggest that Fields was a bit better, IMO. 14.4% of his punts put teams inside their 20. Their avg and net avg. is about the same, with fields leading .avg by two yards more and Hekkler leading in net by two yards more... Glad to see Fields get recognized though.
TBH, specials had a really down year, Sturgis, Thigpen, and the coverage units all had poor to avg yrs, Fields was his usual excellent self though
Absolutely. I was expecting big things from Thigpen this year after his stellar '12 season. He seemed slower. I wonder if he had some nagging injury? Sturgis started hot, but once he missed the one I believe at Baltimore or Buffalo where he hesitated, he just kept on missing. I swear I thought he expected to be iced on that one.
Never understood what an 'all-pro' team was. Media making a list of the players they think is best? Meaning Brandon is second best punter? Pretty good, if that's what it is.
I thought our coverage units were excellent. Did we even allow a return TD? I don't think we did. Plus, all I envision is Don Jones, RJ Stanford, Dion Jordan, and Marlon Moore streaking down the field and tackling very, very well. The returns were poor as compared to 2012, but on the whole were good...I think? Maybe numbers show different?