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The player named Comeback Player of the Year shows perseverance in overcoming adversity, in the form of not being in the NFL the previous year, a severe injury, or simply poor performance.

There's an odd number of potential candidates this year, most of them for an odd variety of reasons. The main candidates I can think of are:

Vince Young, QB, Tennessee Titans: Many thought his career as a starter was done after his week 1 injury in 2008, and the psychological breakdown that followed. He'd be cemented as a bust, after a promising start, including winning Rookie of the Year. After getting the starting job after an 0-6 start, his team has gone 7-2, with him having his first 300 yard game and a 3 TD game and 6 games with a 90+ QB rating. He was helped plenty by the emergence of Chris Johnson, but that does not entirely diminish the comeback season he's having.

Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots: Many thought this reward was reserved for him as soon as he got injured in week 1 of last season, but he has had an oddly quiet year for a former MVP. However, he still has somewhat impressive numbers this year, over 90 QB rating over the year (unlike Young who only did it in some games), throwing "only" 29 touchdown passes, and leading his team to a AFC East title. It's no 50 touchdown season, but most teams would be happy with that.

Brett Favre, QB, Minnasota Vikings: Man, this guy is easy to hate. The last thing you want is him to get another award over more deserving canidates, right? Well... he did have that torn bicep that limited him down the stretch, which also built up the mentality of the the unfortunate team who picks him up next year is going to have him collapse in December. And while the Vikings as a team have not gone undefeated in December, it's far from Favre's fault alone, as he's yet to put up terrible numbers on the year, his "worst" game being the two touchdown two interception game against Arizona. With an over 100 QB rating on the year, and a 3+ to 1 TD:INT ratio, Brett's been having one of his best years this year. Granted, with the help of an awesome defense and running back, but nobody's taking away Peyton's MVP for having an awesome offensive line.

Shawne Merriman, OLB, San Diego Chargers: A popular preseason pick, he has not produced much on the actual field. More of a formality saying his name, he's been sidelined this year by foot and groin injuries, and does not have impressive stats. Not to say he's just a dead body out there, his name and history seems to demand respect from the opposing offense, giving him double teams, which allows his teammates to get better pressure as well, such as Shaun Phillip's league leading 7 forced fumbles. But a long shot as best for this award.

Of course, nobody would be a bigger long shot then..

Michael Vick, QB, Philadelphia Eagles: Nobody in the league has gone through more adversity to return to the NFL. Granted, this adversity was pretty much all self caused, and the kind that many people will never forgive him for. Not to mention even before going to jail, he had a lot of critics, saying he could never really pass the ball well, he was all gimmick, no QB. Putting aside how you personally feel about is crimes, he's come back from two years out of the league, is learning a new system and a new role, and has gotten better over the season to become a legit weapon. We've heard of goal line running backs, but a goal line quarterback? However, he only has a few snaps a game, and has taken a while to really come on in this role. He's mainly on this list for the massive adversity then his improved performance. Not to mention, the reaction to him getting the Ed Hunt courage award showed that most people do not feel he's earned the right to collect any accolades yet. This one's going to make people rant and rave. Isn't arguing fun?

Who do you think is most deserving of the Comeback Player of the Year award? Someone on this list, or someone unmentioned?

For some reason, when I go a site like Yahoo or a few message boards, even when I select "Save my password/info/ect", I do not stay logged in when I close my browser. This has gotten to be somewhat annoying, and I need some help in trying to fix it...

It's easy to toss around predictions before the season started, but now? Well, we probably all look like fools..

Personally, I thought the Browns were going to take the AFC South, the Raiders would be respectable, and put the Eagles in last in the NFC East. I was a fool! My Super Bowl was Chargers over Vikings.. but of course, I was drinking my home team bias juice there...

Anyone got some bad predictions they want to share?

Sportsmenship is for the players. It's the fans jobs to be as obnoxious and annoying as possible. The more you irritate other team's players and fans, the better of a job you're doing. (This, in combination with "Being loyal while your team sucks" is why I gotta give props to the Raiders fanbase. They're damn good at being annoying even when they're terrible)

So, who here is the best/most irritating fan? Please, leave logic and reason at the door.

I mean, they both have equal importance in their relative postseasons, and the NFL game has far, far, superior players then any college team, thus making it a match up of two better teams....

What's the appeal of the bowl game in those regards? Just a dream match up between two teams you might care about?

This season's so infuriating, I cannot bring it to myself to say that they're a bad team this year at all. They've blown out the respected Jets and Pats, and only one game they've lost this year has been by less then a touchdown, (Bills) and even then they were an endzone INT away from being only down 2 with 5 minutes to go.

Why can't they get blown out so I can say they suck, please? Tampa Bay, if you're going to beat the Chargers next Sunday, can you make it a blowout? I'm tired of losing close games at the last second.

Pros:

Tied for league lead in TD passes (28, with Brees, with 5 less interceptions)

Leads the league in Passer Rating (101.4)

5th in passing yardage

Cons:

6-8 team (Via a terrible defense, mainly)

6th in AFC in accuracy

Might have choked in the 4th quarter one or twice this year.

Not very nice.

And if he's not a Pro Bowl Quarterback... who is? Why? There are 3 QBs from the AFC that should be better for him not to be.

That is, names like the " Dallas Cowgirls" or "Oakland Faders" for various other teams in the league. A full list of punny names would be nice, but whatever you have would be swell as well. Best Answer goes to the best puns, after all.

After the Euro and World cups in the past few years, the sport's become a bit more interesting to me, who usually sticks to US Football as my hardcore following, but pays attention to the other sports around the country. What's a good way to try and follow the Premier League, or the Spanish league, or should I stick to trying to catch local MLS games? (LA Galaxy and His Beckamness are the most local) Are there any good websites that I can catch a live feed of the game, and catch some of the more delicate strategies and tactics? ESPN's not exactly cutting it for that....

Or should I just stick to my local Spanish channel and it's games with commentary and team colors I can't understand?

I see people still saying they haven't done anything recently in the postseason, despite taking down the Titans and upsetting the Colts last year, and they simply pretend that that never happened.

Or is it simply that there are only 2 or 3 good teams in the entire league every year? (according to some people. I mean, how can you say the Colts suck? O_o)

...see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

When you try and start a franchise mode with a custom team in Madden NFL, you have to replace an existing team, and take place in their division.

Now, the question is: Who is the most irrelevant team in the NFL, the one, if it suddenly faded out of existance, that you would miss the least?

There is only one surefire way to prove a team is better than another, and that is by making them play one another. However,t here's too many teams to do that, so we have to rely on rankings and records. But, as long as you got anything but a zero in the loss column, you have proved that out there, even if it was for one day, somebody was better than you.

Now, tell me, I understand this deal about things like strength of schedule, but if a team goes undefeated, and there are two or less of them, why would the BCS deny them a chance to prove they are the best in the nation, when they have done everything in their power to do so, by winning all their games?

I've tried the crouch, crouch forwards, walk forwards a little bit, and punch idea, but it's not coming. D:

I've screamed the word out, and I'm getting jack poopy. >:(

Help me plz?

Hypothetical scenario. They both have their full starting line ups of this season, and about 6 weeks worth of game film. Playing in a neutral dome setting. After each game, all injuries are magically healed, and emotions regarding anything such as "dominance" or "hopelessness" are erased, and then, they play again.

Obviously, the Pats win most of the games, but how many of them do Miami take? And if you say none, how many do they have to play before Miami does win one?

Rudi's heading to Seattle, while LaMont's taking on Clevland in the Black Hole

10 yards a point, TDs worth 6 points,