I Miss Football Season posted their NFL Midseason Awards, with a couple of spot on commentary.
AFC Coach of the Year–Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh–with no disprespect to Tony Dungy or Bill Belichick, no one expected Tomlin to come in and have his Steelers dominate like this.
AFC Bonehead Award–This is easy. AJ Smith, GM, San Diego–this moron fired Marty Schottenheimer after a 14-2 season because he lost to a really tough New England team in the playoffs. Now, he’s got Norv Turner at the helm and is 4-4 on his way to finishing 8-8 at best. I really hope these guys don’t make the playoffs.
NFC Rookie of the Year–Adrian Peterson, Minnesota–see above. Honorable mention to San Francisco LB Patrick Willis and Dallas K Nick Folk.
Tomlin has brought a certain swagger to Pittsburgh and the players have really responded to his hands-on approach. They’ve played well for him up until this point and his decision-making as a first time head coach has been solid.
As for Smith, he’s currently reaping what he sowed by firing Schottenheimer and replacing him with a guy who has been a colossal disappointment outside of a coordinator role.
