Final Voting (VOTE HERE)

GM of the Year:
1. Houston Texans – Doesn’t have the best team, but he plays the GML the way I think it should be played. He is active and friendly to everyone. He is willing to talk trades at any time and really that’s what this league is all about for me. I definitely didn’t like some of his trades (Should have gotten more value for Foster, Andre, #1 and Watt), but he won his share of trades as well. The league wouldn’t be as fun without his activity around here. He did well in the draft and he builds his team in the trenches (and I guess secondary). It’s refreshing to have a team not going after playmakers like the rest of us.

2. St. Louis Rams – Turned a team that had promising young players who haven't done much into a very complete team. Built the 2nd best defense and oh yeah added Aaron Rodgers on offense. I wish they had a little more depth on offense, but that would have likely came at the expense of the defense. The lack of a #2 WR could hurt the offense. FinO is also very active in Free Agency, Trades and on the board, which is a big part of this award.

3. Pittsburgh Steelers – Just a solid all around job. You have to be the most consistent GM year after year. Very good offense and a good defense. You killed every trade, were good in Free Agency and drafted well. I know you needed to trade Wright to solidify your line, but I felt the lack of a #3 WR just takes the offense down a slight notch. I’m not a fan on a number of your players, but there is no denying it is a talented team.


Team on the Rise: Buffalo – I vote for this award for best team with young talent. Cleveland and Oakland are ready to compete now. Buffalo is full of young talent on both offense and defense

Team Built for Now: Seattle – Any 5 of the nominations could make a case for this award. I rarely ever vote for a SuperBowl champion for an award like this, but Todd did a good job of making the Seahawks better. Todd definitely overstates how hard of a job he had in taking over Seattle, but there is no denying the he made the team better.

Free Agent Steal of the Year: DT Earl Mitchell – Fins homer, but also I don’t really feel like the rest of the options were that good.

Draft Steal of the Year: Khyri Thornton DT – Tough to choose one, but I picked Thornton as sort of a Cincy reward as I believe Cincy would win the reward for both Thornton/James.

Trade of the Year: Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Rams – I just like this trade, big names and franchise QBs changing teams.

Best in Trades: Pittsburgh – Just wins every damn trade somehow and most are lopsided. Seattle/Houston a close 2nd.

Best in Free Agency: Oakland – I like the way they decided to go all in for Jimmy Graham. Oakland’s roster was atrocious and there wasn’t much they could have done to be relevant, but snagging Graham at all costs to pair with Peyton was just about the only move they could have done to put themselves in position to win now.

Best in Draft: New Orleans – This one was tough as I could have picked a few teams but overall I like Saints draft top to bottom best

Feud of the Year: n/a – I don’t vote for this as I believe this ruins the league

Best Offense: Cleveland – The combo of the offensive weapons, a great QB and good OL. Browns did a very good job building the offense. Pittsburgh was a very close 2nd

Best Defense: Seattle – Inherited a great defense and revamped the defensive line to make it great. I believe they could have done a better job on the LB, but it’s hard to complain about the overall defense. St. Louis was a close 2nd.

Best Offensive Weapons: Cleveland – As with best offense I feel Philly has best offensive weapons (including depth) but next for me was a tossup between Cleveland and Tennessee. I feel both teams lack depth beyond the top guys but I chose Cleveland because they are younger and less likely to breakdown.

Best Offensive Line: New York Giants– No weak spot on the line and the right side could be nasty for years. Pittsburgh and Baltimore were a close 2nd.

Best Front Seven: St. Louis – Quinn, Johnson, Suh and Brockers is nasty to go along with probably my favorite LB corp in the GML. Lack of a #2 CB is only reason they are behind Seattle for best defense

Best Secondary: Houston - Tough choice between Seattle and Houston, but since I have to split hairs I went with Houston due to the fact that they built their secondary from the ground up and Seattle was mostly inherited with a few improvements.

Rookie GM of the Year: Green Bay - Definitely the hardest one to vote on. There are 4 teams that I have been going back and forth on, but in the end I am going with Green Bay. I chose Green Bay because team wise I feel like all the teams are equal, but felt GB was most active on PMs, Trading, Free Agency, etc.





Some teams that I didn’t vote for but I believe deserve a shout out:

Tennessee – A close 2nd on a couple of awards. Took a team without a lot of talent and built a very good offense. It’s a little old and I don’t like Dalton much, but they did a great job.

New England – Did a great job building a very well rounded team. I really like the young defense that you built and just wish you had made a better #1 WR upgrade then Wright, but very good job

Atlanta – Like New England built a very well rounded team. Defense has a lot of really good young pieces, just wish there was another DE. Atlanta is very underrated and seems like they flew under the radar all GML.

New York Jets – Took on the toughest assignment, and while I know you got frustrated at times, you did a good job. Added a lot of pieces to the offense and if Geno can make a step the offense could be pretty decent.

Cincinnati Bengals – Made realistic, smart moves. Just added a few depth pieces to offense, but I love the LB makeover.

 

GM of the Year:
1. Oakland - took the worst team talent wise and made it a hell of a lot better. The offense is injury prone but there is speed for days.
2. Atlanta - this is almost strictly on the strength of their D. I definitely overlooked them in the nominations. I love what they did. Their DL is killer and there is speed and all kinds of talent on every level. Their offense....I guess it depends on what one thinks of Steven Jackson; I tend to think there is enough left in the tank on Jackson and enough potential at Wr.
3. Seattle - yes he inherited the best team but he also maximized value for every asset and that's really commendable. He took a great team and made it better. Well done ya big baby.

Team on the Rise
1. Jacksonville - accumulated an impressive collection of young talent.
2. Oakland - Took an awful team and made a contender of it.
3. Buffalo - given more time they probably contend for GM of the Year because they did a lot in a very short amount of time. This team is ready to contend now with what they did. Cleveland and Miami are ready to compete now IMO.

Team Built for Now
1. Seattle - solid all around, spectacula in many areas. Depth is lacking in some spots but too ood to ignore
2. Philly - See Seattle. OL and CB cost them this award.
3. New England - very nice job by a first GM. Took a very ood team and made some major improvements.

FA Steal of the Year
1. Toby Gerhart - To get a starting caliber RB for this cheap in this league which overvalues the snot out of skill players this is criminal larceny. You just shoplifted this.
2. Earl Mitchell - To get a Dolphin this cheap...well done!
3. Jacoby Jones - Got a legit deep threat and reliable WR3 for 550k. Heck of a job.

Draft Steal of the Year
1. Deone Bucannon - my top rated safety, this is a man-crush selection all the way.
2. Taylor Lewan - A top 10 talent at 23? What were some of you thinking?
3. Khyri Thornton - I kept thinking to myself during this draft, when is this guy going to go? I had a 4th round grade on him and you got him in round 7.
Shout out to Indy for Smith and Cincy for James.....I like both players though I disagree with their real life selection spots. Good eye for talent though.

Trade of the Year
1. Browns/Panthers Cam/RG3
2. Rams/Packers Stafford/Rodgers
3. Browns/49ers Crabtree/Gordon

Best in Trades
1. Cleveland - Just consistently wins deals
2. Seattle - See Cleveland
3. Houston - Easiest to deal with, doesn't try and rip anyone off.

Best in Free Agency - To me this is about finding good players under market value regardless if they are a superstar or just an average player you got great value on compared to their NFL contract.
1. Houston
2. Oakland
3. Jets

Best in Draft - This was probably the hardest category for me. Every single one of them has a case. I'm not a big Paul Richardson fan so that hurt Atlanta for me. New Orleans had great value in the first round but I based this on how many starters each team really pulled in my opinion. Washington was tremendous as well.
1. Indy - No 1st, No biggie. Found first round value in Smith in real life, love Matthews, like Landry, Da'Quan Jones, Walt Aikens, Cam Fleming, Wes Johnson....just found talented prospect after talented prospect
2. Houston - Killed it early and often. Built the foundation for a great D, good values on their OL.
3. Cincinatti - great values with every pick. Great eye for talent. The only thing that dropped them was that they didn't really find a game changer for me.

Feud of the Year - n/a I'm with Philly on this...I don't vote for stupidity. IMO it shouldn't even be a category if it hurts the rest of the league

Best Offense - OL factored heavily here for me since Best Weapons omits that as a consideration
1. St Louis
2. Cleveland
3. Atlanta

Best Defense
1. Seattle
2. St. Louis
3. NE

Best Weapons
1. Tennessee - Older but very talented Gore and Andre Johnson lead the charge. They found pieces that really complement each other. If Smith is the vertical big play guy Nelson and Andre work underneath as impossible 1-1 match ups. Gates is over the hill but he's still a great red zone target.
2. Philly - Always seems to have great skill players. His height at wr is scary and the TE's have very different skillets which is awesome. Whitten the better blocker and chain mover, Ertz as the seam stretcher. Shady McCoy is still awesome. This was a very close second. Tennessees skill at wr is the difference maker for me
3. Cleveland - Good players but a lot of questions marks about the health of Crabtree and Foster and the lack of secondary options. Still you could do much worse.

Best OL
1. Baltimore
2. SF
3. Cleveland

Best Front 7
1. St. Louis - Stayed true to their 4-3 roots. Added a lot at LB and added to an already excellent DL
2. Seattle - Versatility is great, but I don't think theyre overly dominant in any one scheme
3. Buffalo - Lack of a definitive scheme hurt

Best Secondary
1. Seattle - Every single one of them is a pro bowl caliber player
2. Arizona - Just excellent all around.
3. Atlanta - Love Desmond Trufant, their safeties compliment each other well. Could be higher if not for Stevie Browns health questions.

Rookie GM of the Year - this was the hardest rookie class to ever pick a winner for. In years past Washington and GB could have run away winners, heck even Detroit was doing good before he started acting out. Zona did a great job too.
1. Cincy
2. Baltimore
3. Indy

 

GM Of The Year:

1) Sports24/7 - Cleveland Browns
2) VanDolPhan - Houston Texans
3) Boik14 - Pittsburgh Steelers

Team On The Rise: Cleveland Browns

Team Built For Now: Seattle Seahawks

Free Agent Steal Of The Year: Jacoby Jones - Baltimore Ravens

Draft Steal Of The Year: Ja'wuan James - Cincinnati Bengals

Trade Of The Year: Rams/Texans

Best In Trades: Seattle Seahawks

Best Offense: Cleveland Browns

Best Defense: Seattle Seahawks

Best Weapons: Pittsburgh Steelers

Best OL: Pittsburgh Steelers

Best Front Seven: Seattle Seahawks

Best Secondary: Houston Texans

Rookie GM Of The Year: FinFanGirl

 

Team on the Rise- Raiders...lots of nice moves by Oakland to get that abysmal JOKE of an organizations arrow finally pointing up.

Team Built for Now- Seattle...obviously they hoisted the Lombardi last year, and now they are even better. No question they are ready to win NOW.

FA of the Year- I really think Roger Saffold was by far the steal of FA (Gerhart...giggles) but of the list I'm going Jacoby Jones due to his playmaking abilities.

Draft Steal- Deonne Buccanon...guy will make an immediate impact IMO.

Trade of year- Browns/Panthers....could be argued who won that trade, but IMO nobody lost.

Best in Trades- Boik...at times I wonderd if he had pictures of GMs with sheep.

Best in FA- Philly...Andre Roberts is going to shock a lot of people, you already know how I feel about the Saffold signing.

Best in Draft- Washington...like this draft a lot, the Saints were a real close second. Real close.


Feud of Year- Todd vs anyone and everyone...although he will deflect the attention, this guy is just flat out controversial.


Best Offense- Browns...a solid unit all around, love his versatility at WR also.

Best Defense- Seattle...his DBs will get you off the line, his front seven will get to you fast...what do you do??

Best Weapons- Philly...for me LeSean McCoy separates him the most, solid all around.

Best OL- Baltimore...studs at every facet of the line.

Best Front Seven- Bills, not the best DL, not the best LBs, but the best combination of both IMO.

Best Secondary- Arizona...adding Calvin Pryor to that core is insane.

Rookie GM- Packers...this was a tough one, I had the Ravens typed in...but I really believe FFG was our best rookie.


GM OF THE YEAR

3rd Place Cleveland Browns

2nd Place Pittsburgh Steelers...did a fantastic job with this team. Has plenty of playmakers on offense and defense and one helluva OL for Ryan to run through. Another fine season by Boik.

1st Place Winner.....Philadelphia Eagles...gettin CKap too run the Chip Kelly offense was a fantastic match, then he went out and acquired some of the best talent possible at WR. Chandler Jones is the Aldon Smith of the AFC IMO. This team has no weaknesses and this GM did great.

Fun year ladies, great job as commish Paul...goodnight.

 

No flowery speeches. No muss no fuss. Due to the fact I am sponsoring prizes in 3 categories I will NOT be voting on those categories (GM, Rookie and Feud of the year).

Team on the Rise
Buffalo

Team Built For Now
Seattle


Free Agent Steal of the Year
Jacoby Jones, WR, Baltimore, $550k


Draft Steal of the Year
Marcus Smith, DE, Indianapolis, GML Draft 3.76, NFL Draft 1.26

Trade of the Year
Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco Sends:
Michael Crabtree ($4,770,443)
1st (30)
2nd (61)
3rd (75 (from RAMS))
7th (219)
7th (220)

Browns Send:
Josh Gordon ($1,456,813)

Best In Trades
Cleveland


Best In Free Agency
NY Jets

Best In Draft
Indianapolis


Best Offense
Cleveland


Best Defense
Seattle


Best Offensive Weapons
Philadelphia

Best Offensive Line
Baltimore

Best Front Seven
Seattle


Best Secondary
Arizona

 

Mike Brown's votes have been cast. Read'em and weap.

GM of the Year

1) Pittsburgh Steelers - Best overall job on both offense and defense, and one of the best teams in the GML.
2) Atlanta Falcons - Their draft haul was absolutely sweet and I thought they played it pretty realistically.
3) Seattle Seahawks - Hard to improve the champs, but that's what Todd did. Plus, I BK'd him twice, that I know of, and I didn't have a feud with him.

Team on the rise: Buffalo Bills

Team built for now: Seattle Seahawks

Free Agent Steal: Earl Mitchell, DT Houston for $495k.

Draft Steal of the Year: Mike Brown tried to vote for himself twice. Since that's not allowed, Deone Bucannon. I literally had his name typed in at one point before the trade up for Ja'Wuan James.

Trade of the Year: Cleveland trade with San Francisco. Boatload for Josh Gordon.

Best in Trades: Pittsburgh Steelers

Best in Free Agency: Oakland Raiders

Best in Draft: Again, Mike Brown tries to vote for himself, but the vote is cast for the Atlanta Falcons.

Feud of the Year: Todd vs. League vs. Commish vs. Rules

Best Offense: Philadelphia Eagles - lots of weapons and adding Kaepernick to that offense is a boon.

Best Defense: Seattle Seahawks

Best Off. Weapons: Philadelphia Eagles

Best O-line: Baltimore Ravens

Best Front7: Seattle Seahawks - Aside from my own team, I'm not sure how some of those fronts actually mix into a realistic defense from a schematic perspective.

Best Secondary: Seattle Seahawks - can't go against returning 3 of 4 from the champs.

Rookie GM: Arizona Cardinals (Higgi).

 

GM of the Year

1. NY Jets
BK inherited an 8-8 team that apparently everyone was scared to catch cooties from in trades and still managed to turn them around by maximizing the few trades he was afforded, by nailing his draft better than anyone else in the league, and by making a strong impact with FA dollars despite starting with $17 million in cap space. Trading is what makes the wheels on the bus go round and round in this league as it opens doors and future doors for team improvements, so I think it's easy to overlook the job BK did by simply focusing solely on his roster without taking into account what he had to work with and by having players that other GMs didn't want to trade for.

NY had major needs at WR & OLB and BK nicely revamped both with Odell Beckham Jr, Hakeem Nicks, and the promising Marlon Brown at WR and Jason Worilds, past 1st rounders Whitney Mercilus & Nick Perry, and 2nd rounder Attaochu at OLB. He boosted the interior of the Oline with LeVitre & last year's 1st rounder Chance Warmack, then upgraded TE with Dennis Pitta to round out the weapons & protection needed for Geno Smith to potentially succeed, which I thought was smart rather than hastily dumping him after just one year. Defensively he added Morris Clayborne & Donte Whitner to the secondary, with Clayborne likely being a better fit in NY's coverage scheme than Dallas's. Up front he wisely held onto Sheldon Richardson, has one of the best nose tackles in the game in Damon Harrison, and grabbed one of the draft's top 5-tech DEs in Brent Urban who will likely prove to be a steal.

BK featured the best pound-per-pound draft with Odell Beckham at #18 (who went 12th) despite receivers frequently being overdrafted, Attaochu 45th who has 1st round talent, right tackle Jack Mewhort in the 4th round who went in the 2nd, Brent Urban in the 5th who went in the 4th, and Brandon Linder in the 7th who went in the 3rd.

2. Tennessee
Took a 7-9 team and made them better on both sides of the ball and did so without trading Tennessee's best player, All Pro defensive tackle Jurrell Casey. Did a great job of maximizing his resources. Based on the team Alex inherited, I didn't expect a complete transformation, but he came pretty close. I would've liked for a better draft, but the overall job done with the team was outstanding. Developed one of the league's most potent offenses [with Andre Johnson, Jordy Nelson, Torey Smith, and Frank Gore] which is well complimented by one of the league's most pressuring front 7's [with Dumervil, Michael Bennett, Jurrell Casey, Willie Young, Brooks Reed, Zach Brown, and Wallace Gilberry] and one of the game's more promising ball-hawking free safeties in Rahim Moore who is well paired with Bernard Pollard. The corners aren't outstanding, but they're good enough to get the job done with that type of front 7 pressure and safety contribution. Trading for a vet QB proved to be a better option than trading up the #12 pick for an overrated, overdrafted one.

3. Pittsburgh.
I have high expectations for Matt in any type of league and felt he did a great enough overall job to garner a GMOY vote but left me slightly apprehensive to give a 1st place vote to. What held it back for me is Pitt's volatile back-8 situation. Outside linebacker features 2 aged vets who might not make it through the year and 2 rookies who most likely won't impact this season [one of which I don't like at 3-4 OLB]. Plus I felt the money tied up in Ware & Harrison could've been better used in FA . Harrison is 36, still a free agent, and will only see a backup role this year at the league's vet minimum but was signed for 4.0M here, and Ware can't stay healthy. Since the second half of 2012, he's dealt with an abundance of injuries that limited him to 2.5 sacks during the final 8 games of 2012 and then just 2 sacks the final 13 games last year. I don't see these two players being worth 1/6th of the salary cap. At free safety, starter Marcus Gilchrist is a bandaid who has never played the position [spent 1 year at strong safety in San Diego]. I feel like this key Steeler position was ignored in FA and the draft. At cornerback, Casey Hayward missed 13 games last year and hasn't played on the outside in the NFL. Corey Webster is 32 and still an unsigned FA. That potentially leaves journeymen Richard Marshall & Trumaine McBride and rookie Philip Gaines to battle it out for the starting outside job opposite Cortez Allen.

Ideally, for me, the GM of the Year would've used that $20 million from Ware/Harrison on Pittsburgh's own Jason Worilds [who is primed for a breakout year] and Cliff Avril [who has the ability to play OLB]. That would've freed up Pitt's 1st rounder to address another need than OLB, would've saved a 4th rounder and two 6ths, and would've freed up LeVeon Bell to be used in a different trade, perhaps to address the need at free safety. At cornerback, Hayward would be in the slot where he thrives; McBride, Marshall, and Webster would be depth, and with the #10 pick I personally would've grabbed the draft's top corner, Justin Gilbert, to start opposite Cortez Allen [or taken Darqueze Dennard at #27] and then grabbed Jimmy Ward at #37 to fill the FS need if I didn't do so using LeVeon Bell.

Team on the Rise
Cleveland
A 4-12 team that should compete both now AND in the future is tough to beat.

Team Built For Now
New England
Brady has an upgraded offense and a team that can compete for a SB. Nuff said.

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Toby Gerhart, RB, Miami, $1.5m.
This was between Gerhart & Jacoby Jones for me. It seems like Jones slipped through the cracks due to sheer happenstance b/c of the reduced amount of bids afforded. Meanwhile, Gerhart was in plain sight and was had for 1.5M.

Draft Steal of the Year
Khyri Thornton, DT, Cincinnati.
I might be partial here b/c I loved Thornton to the point of ignoring him entirely in ThePhins Draft Forum hoping others wouldn't catch on and then PM'd CK about this small school defensive tackle prospect I thought was the second coming of Randy Starks. He was drafted in the 3rd round but might ultimately end up playing to his 1st/2nd round talent level, which for me makes for the best GML steal as a 7th rounder.

Trade of the Year
Green Bay Packers and St Louis Rams

It's hard for me to not vote for the most polarizing trade of the year.

Best In Trades
Cleveland- admirable winner of a handful of a big trades without really losing any. Added some star power that should impact the win column immediately while subtracting a player who won't be seeing action this year and getting great value for him in the process. Grabbed a Pro Bowl QB for a the offense.... and a DPOY to QB the defense.

Best In Free Agency
NY Jets (Marlon Brown, Hakeem Nicks, Jason Worilds, Donte Whitner, Dennis Pitta)
There wasn't one specific FA group that blew me away as they all had their highs and lows, but I felt NY did the most solid job overall, plus added impact players on both sides of the ball.

Best In Draft
Cincy
What did it for me was having only one 1st rounder [a late first at that] but landing 3 players who ultimately could end up performing like 1st rounders in Kyle Fuller [a steal at #25], JaWuan James [an even bigger steal at #60], and Khyri Thornton [the biggest steal of all in the 7th]. Some of the other drafts had impressive overall hauls but I didn't see them as being any different than my draft haul that was omitted from the list.

Feud of the Year
Turdsniffer vs Kelvin Hayden... Kelvin Who Gives a Shat?

Best Offense
Cleveland
I had a few teams tied for first or close to it so I ultimately went with the GM who made the greatest transformation as the tiebreaker [and did so without leaving a backup QB, viable backup RB, and a 5th WR off his roster, yes I'm lookin' at you Fin-O. outstanding job.... but back that s**t up man. I know you're accustomed to hearing that phrase a lot, so perhaps this new context confused you IDK. ]. How much bigger of an offensive transformation can you make than fixing a bad QB situation with Cam Newton, a bad RB situation with a healthy Arian Foster, a bad WR situation with Mike Wallace, Michael Crabtree, and Davante Adams. Let's not forget Jordan Cameron at TE and a good O-line that was upgraded with the additions of Zack Martin and Gabe Jackson.

Best Defense
New England
I ultimately went with NE b/c they had better depth than St Louis and didn't have a key defender facing a suspension.

Best Offensive Weapons
Philadelphia
Doesn't get more impressive than this IMO. Inherited some great talent but went the extra mile to really knock it out of the park.

Best Offensive Line
Baltimore
Bravo young Seabass, bravo.

Best Front Seven
Cincinnati
This was a very tough one for me, but with Aldon Smith's unfortunate impeding suspension and the Rams having no depth at DT, I'm going with Cincy. They're ready to compete now, have good D-line depth, and feature 3 players from the league's #1 defense who know what it's like to do the job right.
*If this is re-voted in two years it could very well go to Buffalo when Paul's rookie LBs are developed.

Best Secondary
Houston
After making secondary an emphasis, Houston got the slight nod over Atlanta.

Rookie GM of the Year
RoninFin4- Cincy
Took a more lifelike, minimalistic approach as a first year GM which he did a solid overall job of, won in the draft, didn't cost himself in trades, and maintained the integrity of the team by adhering to schemes and by focusing on keeping the defense a strength, if not improve upon it. Should be someone who vies for GM of Year honors in the future.

This would've been a closer race for me had Steve-Mo [New England] been a full draft participant. However I think all 8 rookie candidates did an admirable job and should be commended, and if a few of them were more active they'd probably get greater award consideration based on how well they did with lesser interaction. PhinishLine with a great draft. Magnolia making a nice splash in FA and trades. Liked Higgi's emphasis on bolstering the strength of the Cardinals, its defense, while also upgrading an anemic Oline. WyldColts might've received my ROY nod had he not milked the trade clock a few times in poor taste and didn't nominate the same 3 GMs for every category. FFG was easily right there with my vote for ROY without her infamous drunk trade. And our youngest GM, Seabass, built the league's best Oline [IMO] and took a decent Baltimore team, was incredibly active, and arguably made them better.



Note: Although Atlanta wasn't in any of my awards, I had them ranked 3c for GM of the Year and flip-flopped back and forth among the Falcons, Browns, and Steelers for the final spot.

 

GM of the Year
1) Pittsburgh
2) Houston
3) Bills

Team on the Rise
Cleveland


Team Built For Now

Seattle

Free Agent Steal of the Year

Toby Gerhart, RB, Miami, $1.5m

Draft Steal of the Year

Ja'Wuan James, T, Cincinnati, GML Draft 2.60, NFL Draft 1.19


Best In Free Agency (notable players signed)
NY Jets (Marlon Brown, Hakeem Nicks, Jason Worilds, Donte Whitner, Dennis Pitta)

Best In Draft
Cincinnati

Feud of the Year
Phinator vs Kelvin Hayden... Kelvin Who Gives a Shat?


Best Offense
St Louis

Best Defense

Seattle


Best Offensive Weapons Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Cleveland (Foster, Crabtree, Wallace, Adams, Cameron)


Best Offensive Line Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Baltimore (Monroe, DeCastro, Unger, Yanda, Fluker)


Best Front Seven Please consider depth as well as these notable players

St Louis (Quinn, Suh, Brockers, Johnson, A. Smith, Ogletree, Washington)


Best Secondary Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Houston (Verner, Shields, Brooks, Quin)

ROY

Ronin - Cinncy

 

GMotY:
Texans
Steelers
Rams

Team on the rise:
Oakland

Team Built for Now:
Seattle

Free Agency Steal:
Jacoby Jones (Balt)

Draft Steal:
Marcus Smith (Ind)

Trade OTY:
GB/St. Louis

Best in Trades:
Cleveland

Best in Draft:
Indy

Feud OTY:
Nope

Best Off.:
Cleveland

Best Def.:
Seattle

Best Off. Weapons:
Cleveland

Best O-line:
Balt.

Best Front 7:
Seattle

Best 2ndary:
Seattle

Rookie GMotY:
Finfangirl

 

GM of the Year
24/7 - Cleveland
Boik - Pitt
FinOhhh - Houston

Team on the Rise
Cleveland

Team Built For Now
Could go a number of ways but I'll go Seattle

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Jacoby Jones, WR, Baltimore, $550k

Draft Steal of the Year
Paul Richardson, WR, Atlanta, GML Draft 4.119, NFL Draft 2.45

Trade of the Year
Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco Sends:
Michael Crabtree ($4,770,443)
1st (30)
2nd (61)
3rd (75 (from RAMS))
7th (219)
7th (220)

Browns Send:
Josh Gordon ($1,456,813)

Best In Trades
Cleveland

Best In Free Agency (notable players signed)
Oakland (Antonio Smith, Pat Sims, Jimmy Graham, Shaun Phillips, Anthony Spencer)

Best In Draft
Washington
1.04Khalil Mack,OLB,Buffalo
2.34Austin Seferian-Jenkins,TE,Washington
3.66Deone Bucannon,SS,Washington State
3.83Lache Seastrunk,RB,Baylor
4.98Zach Mettenberger,QB,LSU
5.130Brandon Coleman,WR,Rutgers
6.162DeAndre Coleman, DE, Cal
7.194Chris Watt, G, Notre Dame

Feud of the Year
Phinsational aka Todd vs The Rest of the League vs The Rules vs The Commish...

Best Offense
Cleveland

Best Defense
Seattle

Best Offensive Weapons Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Philadelphia (McCoy, Bryant, Evans, Maclin, Witten)

Best Offensive Line Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Cleveland (Thomas, Zuttah, Mack, G. Jackson, Z. Martin)

Best Front Seven Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Seattle (Wake, Donald, Kelly, Lotulelei, Jones, Smith, Miller)

Best Secondary Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Seattle (Sherman, Williams, Chancellor, Thomas)

Rookie GM of the Year
Finfangirl (Green Bay)

 

GM of the Year
1. St Louis Rams
2. Cleveland Brown
3. Philadelphia Eagles

Team on the Rise
1. Cleveland
2. Jacksonville
3. Buffalo

Team Built For Now
1. Philadelphia Eagles
2. New England Patriots
3. Pittsburgh Steelers

Free Agent Steal of the Year
1. Willie Young, DE, Tennessee, $495k
2. Toby Gerhart, RB, Miami, $1.5m
3. Earl Mitchell, DT, Houston, $495k

Draft Steal of the Year
1. Khyri Thornton, DT, Cincinnati, GML Draft 7.197, NFL Draft 3.85
2. Paul Richardson, WR, Atlanta, GML Draft 4.119, NFL Draft 2.45
3. Marcus Smith, DE, Indianapolis, GML Draft 3.76, NFL Draft 1.26

Trade of the Year
1. Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco Sends:
Michael Crabtree ($4,770,443)
1st (30)
2nd (61)
3rd (75 (from RAMS))
7th (219)
7th (220)

Browns Send:
Josh Gordon ($1,456,813)

2. Green Bay Packers and St Louis Rams

Rams send:
Matthew Stafford $15,820,000
Zac Stacy $539,125
Alshon Jeffery $1,240,317
Brandon Washington $575,575
Janoris Jenkins $1,360,996

Packers Send
Aaron Rodgers$17,900,000
Eddie Lacy $771,003
Jarrett Boykin $570,000
Josh Sitton $6,400,000
Tramon Williams $9,500,000
3rd (65)

Best in Trades
1. Pittsburgh Steelers
2. Tennessee Titans
3. St Louis Rams

Best in Free Agency (notable players signed)
1. Oakland (Antonio Smith, Pat Sims, Jimmy Graham, Shaun Phillips, Anthony Spencer)
2. Pittsburgh (Owen Daniels, James Harrison, Scott Wells, Donald Butler, BJ Raji)
3. Houston (Eddie Royal, Will Smith, Earl Mitchell, Donald Brown, Julian Edelman)

Best in Draft
1. New Orleans Saints
2. Indianapolis Colts
3. Cincinnati Bengals / Atlanta Falcons

Feud of the Year
Don’t care about this category!

Best Offense
1. Philadelphia Eagles
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
3. Cleveland Browns

Best Defense
1. St Louis Rams
2. Arizona Cardinals
3. Seattle Seahawks

Best Offensive Weapons Please consider depth as well as these notable players
1. Philadelphia Eagles (McCoy, Bryant, Evans, Maclin, Witten)
2. Pittsburgh (Sankey, Matthews, A. Brown, Fitzgerald, O.Daniels)
3. Tennessee (Gore, T. Smith, Nelson, A. Johnson, Gates)

Best Offensive Line Please considers depth as well as these notable players
1. Baltimore Ravens (Monroe, DeCastro, Unger, Yanda, Fluker)
2. Cleveland (Thomas, Zuttah, Mack, G. Jackson, Z. Martin)
3. Pittsburgh (Roos, Sitton, Wells, Foster, Vollmer)

Best Front Seven Please consider depth as well as these notable players
1. St Louis (Quinn, Suh, Brockers, Johnson, A. Smith, Ogletree, Washington)
2. Cincinnati (Avril, Atkins, Peko, Dunlap, Wright, Burfict, Irvin)
3. Buffalo (Branch, K. Williams, Dareus, Long, Alonso, Borland, Hughes)

Best Secondary Please consider depth as well as these notable players
1. Arizona (Peterson, Mathieu, Johnson, Pryor)
2. Houston (Verner, Shields, Brooks, Quin)
3. New England (Talib, Cromartie, Harmon, McCourty)

Rookie GM of the Year
1. RoninFin4 (Cincinnati)
2. seabass0795 (Baltimore)
3. Steve-Mo (New England)

 

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GM of the Year
1. Houston Texans
2. Oakland Raiders
3. Arizona Cardinals


Team on the Rise
Oakland Raiders


Team Built For Now
Philadelphia




Free Agent Steal of the Year
Toby Gerhart, RB, Miami, $1.5m




Trade of the Year
San Francisco Sends:
Michael Crabtree ($4,770,443)
1st (30)
2nd (61)
3rd (75 (from RAMS))
7th (219)
7th (220)


Browns Send:
Josh Gordon ($1,456,813)


Best In Trades
Cleveland



Best In Free Agency (notable players signed)
Oakland (Antonio Smith, Pat Sims, Jimmy Graham, Shaun Phillips, Anthony Spencer)




Feud of the Year
Phinator vs Kelvin Hayden... Kelvin Who Gives a Shat?


Best Offense
Philadelphia




Best Defense
Arizona




Best Offensive Weapons Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Cleveland (Foster, Crabtree, Wallace, Adams, Cameron)




Best Offensive Line Please consider depth as well as these notable players
San Francisco (Staley, Iupati, Snyder, Boone, Davis)


Best Front Seven Please consider depth as well as these notable players
St Louis (Quinn, Suh, Brockers, Johnson, A. Smith, Ogletree, Washington)


Best Secondary Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Houston (Verner, Shields, Brooks, Quin)


Rookie GM of the Year
RoninFin4 (Cincinnati)

 

So sorry for the delay guys, this summer has been crazy. I know we had a lot of time and I have no excuse for taking this long, but I saw Paul post he extended it by 24 hours. So here goes.

GM of the Year:
1) Seattle
2) Houston
3) St. Louis

Team on the Rise:
Jacksonville
Added a plethora of young talent

Team built for now:
Seattle
Took a SB champion and improved it with vets, they are clearly going for a back-to-back situation

FA Steal of the Year:
Earl Mitchell, DT, Houston, 495k
A stud like him for that price is criminal. I almost feel bad for imaginary Earl.

Draft Steal of the Year:
Deonne Bucannon, Washington
A first rounder in the 3rd. Say no more

Trade of the Year:
Green bay and St Louis
Ahh the infamous drunk trade...

Best in Trades:
Houston
Built for the draft without giving away too much

Best in Free Agency:
Houston
Good talent added on both sides of the ball

Best in Draft:
Indianapolis
I have to go with the guy that chose a UCF Knight... sorry

Feud of the Year:
Phinsational aka Todd vs The Rest of the League vs The Rules vs The Commish...
I almost put Saint Greg's Revenge, but why reward him?

Best Offense:
St Louis
They built a great team without any offensive holes

Best Defense:
Seattle
Again, took a top D and improved on it

Best Offensive Weapons:
Pittsburgh
Fitzgerald on his own is dominant, but Brown too?

Best Offensive Line:
Pittsburgh
The O-line wasn't their strength last season but they made it into a top unit

Best Front Seven:
Seattle:
This is the driving force behind the amazing D

Best Secondary:
New England
Talented crew despite the age at CB

Rookie GM of the Year:
Ronin
Managed team extremely well

 

Sorry if this is late, got sidetracked by the Thunder game.

GM of the Year
1. Atlanta
Really liked what Atlanta did by adding a really good tight end and great depth at wide receiver for Matty Ice. Their offensive line is way better than last year. The defense looks really awesome with the addition of Gerald McCoy, Derrick Morgan, Akeem Ayers, CJ Mosley, and Stevie Brown.

2. St. Louis
They acquired Aaron Rodgers and have a beastly defensive line. I really liked what they did.

3. Cleveland
They have pretty terrible depth but if their team can stay healthy, they will be a tough team to beat.

Team on the Rise
Cleveland

Team Built For Now
Seattle

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Willie Young, DE, Tennessee, $495k

Draft Steal of the Year
Paul Richardson, WR, Atlanta, GML Draft 4.119, NFL Draft 2.45

Trade of the Year
Packers/Rams - Rodgers/Stafford trade

Best In Free Agency (notable players signed)
NY Jets (Marlon Brown, Hakeem Nicks, Jason Worilds, Donte Whitner, Dennis Pitta)

Best In Draft
Atlanta

Feud of the Year
Don't know

Best Offense
Atlanta

Best Defense
Seattle

Best Offensive Weapons Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Tennessee (Gore, T. Smith, Nelson, A. Johnson, Gates)

Best Offensive Line Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Baltimore (Monroe, DeCastro, Unger, Yanda, Fluker)

Best Front Seven Please consider depth as well as these notable players
St Louis (Quinn, Suh, Brockers, Johnson, A. Smith, Ogletree, Washington)

Best Secondary Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Seattle (Sherman, Williams, Chancellor, Thomas)

Rookie GM of the Year
RoninFin4 (Cincinnati)

 

GM of the year
Eagles - This team went from a good team to one of the best in the NFL IMO.
Seahawks - It's hard to reward a team that was already the best in the NFL, but I thought he added even more talent and did a great job all around.
Falcons - I thought they had just a really solid offseason in all phases. I don't think I voted for them for any individual category, but could have easliy won a few of them

Team on the rise
Buffalo - I thought they did a great job taking a team that doesn't have a ton of talent and putting them in a good position to contend.

Team built for now
Seattle - This was really tough for me between Seattle and Philly. Both teams are loaded, but I think the Seahawks get the slight edge.

FA steal of the year
Earl Mitchell - Call me a homer, but he's a good player that they got for nothing.

Draft steal of the year
Taylor Lewan - Some good choices here, but I went less with where guys were actually picked in the draft than where they should have gone. Lewan is probably a top 10 talent in this draft and went 23rd. Great pick

Best in trades
Houston

Best in FA
Jets

Best in draft
Washington - tough choice between the Skins and Falcons. Both were very good drafts. I love the impact players the Skins got though. Mack, ASJ, Bucannon, and Seastrunk could all be good starters quickly.

Feud of the year
Todd vs the league - I didn't pay a ton of attention to the feuds this year, but I did see this one.

Best offense
Philly - another standoff between the Eagles and Seahawks. I gave the slight edge to the Seahawks on the last one and to the Eagles here.

Best defense
Seahawks - I really wanted to vote for the Steelers here because they have been so close on a lot of these and the Seahawks came into the offseason with a great defense, but they are just too talented not to give the vote to here, especially with the pickups of Wake and Donald.

Best offensive weapons
Philly - Again the Steelers just miss out as McCoy > Sankey.

Best OL
Steelers

Best front 7
Bengals - Tough with Seattle and St. Louis as well. All deserving, but I gave the slight edge to Cincy.

Best secondary
Seattle - Really wanted to give this to Arizona, but Sherman/Thomas/Chancellor are just too good. They are all arguably the best at their position in the NFL.

Rookie GM of the year
MagnoliaFan - Thought he did an excellent job with the Raiders who probably had the least amount of talent in the NFL coming in to the offseason.
Finfangirl - Was an absolute delight to have in the league this year. Made the league a little more enjoyable with her presence.
PhinishLine - I don't love going into the season with Cousins at QB, but I thought he did a lot of good things and had a great draft.

 

GM of the Year
1 - Browns
2 - Rams
3 - Pats

Team on the Rise
Cleveland

Team Built For Now
Seattle

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Earl Mitchell (by default, I didn't think anyone else up for award was a steal at all)

Draft Steal of the Year
Taylor Lewan, T, Houston, GML Draft 1.23, NFL Draft 1.11


Trade of the Year

Carolina Panthers and Cleveland Browns
Panthers send:
Cam Newton QB $7,008,113
Luke Kuechly LB $3,430,52

Browns send:
Robert Griffin III QB $5,759,754
Mitchell SchwartzT$1,410,229
Phillip TaylorNT$2,575,125
Barkevious MingoLB$3,715,228
1st (30)
2nd (35)
6th (172)

Best In Trades
Cleveland

Best In Free Agency (notable players signed)

Oakland (Antonio Smith, Pat Sims, Jimmy Graham, Shaun Phillips, Anthony Spencer)


Best In Draft
(Should be able to vote for myself here, not getting more votes is criminal IMO )

Cincinnati
1. Kyle Fuller - CB - Virginia Tech
2. Ja'Wuan James - T - Tennessee
4. Andre Williams - RB - Boston College
4. Devin Street - WR - Pittsburgh
5. Chris Davis - CB/KR - Auburn
6. Kenny Ladler - S - Vanderbilt
6. J.C. Copeland - FB - LSU
7. Khyri Thornton - DT - Southern Mississippi
7. Jordan Lynch - QB - Northern Illinois

Feud of the Year
Saint Greg's Revenge... The Saints Go Marching Out

Best Offense

Philadelphia


Best Defense

Seattle


Best Offensive Weapons Please consider depth as well as these notable players

Philadelphia (McCoy, Bryant, Evans, Maclin, Witten)


Best Offensive Line Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Baltimore (Monroe, DeCastro, Unger, Yanda, Fluker)


Best Front Seven Please consider depth as well as these notable players
St Louis (Quinn, Suh, Brockers, Johnson, A. Smith, Ogletree, Washington)

Best Secondary Please consider depth as well as these notable players

Seattle (Sherman, Williams, Chancellor, Thomas)

Rookie GM of the Year

RoninFin4 (Cincinnati)

 

GM of the year

1.Seattle - Best team continued the trend by still being the best team. Something near impossible in the GM league with the crazy amount of trading that occurs. Actually made Seattle better if that was possible.

2.Pittsburgh - Boik always does a great ****ing job running a team. Usually wins the trades, smart FA pick ups, and does a great job scouting for the draft.

3.Philadelphia - This was a toss up between the Iggles and Texans but Iggles slightly edge out the Texans. Did a great job getting some monster pieces for that team.

Team on the rise

Cleveland Browns

Team built for now

Seattle

Free agent steal of the year

Earl Mitchell

Draft steal of the year

Deonne Bucannon

Trade of the year

Josh Gordon trade

Best in trades

Pittsburgh

Best in Free agency

Oakland

Best in draft

New Orleans

Feud of the year

Saintgreg forgets to tag JimmyG

Best offense

Philadelphia

Best defense

Seattle

Best offensive weapons

Philadelphia

Best Oline

Cleveland

Best front 7

Seattle

Best secondary

Houston

Rookie GM of the year

Oakland

 

GM of the Year
Texans
Seahawks
Stillers

Team on the Rise
Jacksonville

Team Built For Now
Seattle

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Jacoby Jones, WR, Baltimore, $550k

Draft Steal of the Year
Deonne Buchannon

Trade of the Year

Browns Send:
Josh Gordon ($1,456,813)
Houston Texans and Detroit Lions
Houston sends:
JJ Watt $3,575,567


Best In Free Agency (notable players signed)
Houston (Eddie Royal, Will Smith, Earl Mitchell, Donald Brown, Julian Edelman)

Best In Draft
I can't vote for myself?! THEN I ABSTAIN!!!
*writes in Libertarian candidate*

Feud of the Year
I didn't even pay attention to this enough to know there was a feud.

Best Offense
Philadelphia

Best Defense
Seattle


Best Offensive Weapons Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Philadelphia (McCoy, Bryant, Evans, Maclin, Witten)

Best Offensive Line Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Baltimore (Monroe, DeCastro, Unger, Yanda, Fluker)

Best Front Seven Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Cincinnati (Avril, Atkins, Peko, Dunlap, Wright, Burfict, Irvin)

Best Secondary Please consider depth as well as these notable players
Seattle (Sherman, Williams, Chancellor, Thomas)

Rookie GM of the Year
RoninFin4 (Cincinnati) - Didn't even know he was a Rook.