but it is real hard to argue against vick in this award. even if he is a disgusting person off the field.

That is a travisty. EJ suffered what every one thought was a carreer ending injury, but gets no recognition for what is a truely great comeback. that is what awards like this are ment to honor.

“The Most Politically Correct Story” Award. Then, there would be no confusion.

its not the mvp award those moronic philly fans thought he had wrapped up by week 10

I love EJ but you cant say that Vick doesnt deserve it. He was signed last year as The Eagles just looking for some kind of spark. Then he gets bumped to third string quarterback behind Kolb.

-McNabb gets traded, and Vick subsequently gets moved to second string by default
- Kolb gets named the starter
- Kolb gets a concussion and Vick comes in and does well. Vick gets injured, and then comes back a few weeks later.
-Vick is doing very well
- Vick puts on what might have been the greatest stasticular performance in MNF history.
- Vick continues to do well
- Then starts to come down to earth.

Look at it this way. When EJ got hurt, and you said whats more likely to happen next year: Michael Vick will be an MVP candidate or EJ will play at a high level? I would’ve said neither, my point being is that sure EJ is a very worthy candidate but so is Michael Vick. Either one could win it in my opinion.

And its just an award. It means absolutely nothing, we’re aware of how great of a season he had and thats good enough for me. If they feel that Michael Vick is deserving then thats their prerogative, not ours. No reason to get all riled up about it Chris.

I’m a Vikings fan (as many of you know). I’m also a VT fan (though I’m a bigger PSU fan). Those two things make me very biased against Henderson and Vick in this discussion and I really think it only comes down to those two players.

Why should Henderson win the award? Well, Chris did a great job above (minus his anti-Vick comments) explaining why he should. His career SHOULD be over, but the Vikings health staff brought him back with a program that has been named after him. Incredible. He is at least responsible for the win over the Cowboys, which is 1/6 of the Vikes’ wins this year.

Why should Vick win? You could argue all day about what Vick did and why he was out of football. Was it a cultural thing? Was it a power thing? Or was he just reckless? I’m not going to get into that. The fact is, he lost 2 football seasons in his prime. He came back last year in a limited capacity. This year, he exploded and reminded us of the athletic ability he displayed his first few years in the league.

In my honest opinion, you really can’t go wrong either way, though I know most of the recognition will go to Vick and Henderson’s comeback will largely be unrecognized.

… this is just the way things work. Vick’s case was extremely visible, plus he’s a QB. Despite his obvious lack of good judgment and morals, he plays football like a freak and is incredibly entertaining to watch. Who’s going to grab more attention than a guy like Mike Vick?

EJ is not that top a player to be recognizable outside of Minnesota. A better-than-average MLB like EJ just isn’t going to get the same kind of attention by the casual viewing/reading public, especially outside of Vikings fans.

Beside that…. who cares? This award seems totally pointless. I doubt Vick or EJ could care less. If they have any sense at all, they will ignore ridiculous awards that don’t impact them in any way.

Any sensible editor would pick Vick. Almost anyone would do it, whether you think VIck is a scumbag or not. It’s a stupid award anyhow and the only goal anyone could have is to get people to read your publication. Any other consideration would be downright foolish.

But Vick got infinitely more publicity. I figured this was going to be the case.

On the positive side, I did appreciate your (possibly unintentional) Ren & Stimpy reference with “No sir, I don’t like it.”

WR Mike Williams, SEA. Not only did he lead the ‘hawks in receiving this year, but he’s also a reason that a 7-9 team knocked the reigning champs out of the playoffs. Carroll probably deserves coach of the year, too.

I wouldn’t be upset if either of them won the award. I seriously doubt EJ cares if he wins some pointless award, anyhow.

Please stop saying Vick “deserves” accolades. He’s actually getting praise for acting like normal human beings do without the jail time to convince them of how they should be. Most of us don’t throw parties in which we torture and kill animals because that’s not the right thing to do. Are we praised for our behavior? So he’s acting like a non-violent, normal person now. This is praiseworthy?

Now, I realize that, football-wise, he’s had a nice season this year when little was expected of him on the field. And he’s actually a better football player now than he ever was because now he can hit a receiver or two, rather than just take off running like he did before his incarceration. But where’s the comeback? If we reward people for “coming back” from jail time, what sort of message do we send to law breakers everywhere?

I know he’s served his time and all is forgiven, but to reward him for doing what he’s supposed to be doing is beyond comprehension to myself. This reward should go to someone who worked their tail off to come back from a career threatening injury, as it has always been.

Guest judge at the Westminster Kennel Club? The whole story is reaching Katrina-like proportions. enough already. We don’t have to be reminded every Sunday of his remarkable comeback, his story of redemption, blah, blah, blah.
He ran an illegal dog fighting machine, got caught, served time, and is on probation. He went back to work as well. Doesn’t sound so romantic when you just lay out facts, does it?

allows the NFL to feel good about having convicted felons in their league.

They don’t give a shit about how hard EJ worked to get back on the field….The NFL sucks some times!

pleads guilty to 2 misdemeanors today, no jail time. Hey, do we have the makings of next season’s “feel good” story here?

to own a pet store…which he doesn’t by the way.

Everything that happened to him he brought on himself. Everything.

Should’ve been EJ or Urlacher. You could make a stronger case for Urlacher in the sense EJ played most of the season, and Urlacher was lost in the first half of the first game, but that’s neither here nor there.

Vick winning is a joke, stats aside.

Brian Urlacher
Leon Washington
Mike Williams
Wes Welker

Four non-E.J. Henderson guys that I can think of just off the top of my head that were more deserving of the award than Vick was.

And I know a lot of Vick’s defenders want to forget this fact, but here it is again: He came back LAST SEASON!!! If he didn’t get it then, he shouldn’t get it now. Did Kurt Warner ever win comeback player of the year? He sure came from nowhere to do some incredible things.