Stafford Comeback Player of the Year

[chknwing]

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has won the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award, according to Mlive.com. The award, voted on by the Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association, will be officially announced on February 4.

Stafford, 23, threw for 5,038 yards and 41 touchdowns (97.2 QB Rating) this past season. He played in just 13 games total in his first two seasons, finishing each season on the injured reserve. This season, however, he started all 16 games.

http://tracking.si.com/2012/01/17/matthew-stafford-wins-nfl-comeback-player-of-the-year/?sct=nfl_t2_a4

Personally, I think Smitty was screwed.

[Penalty Flag]

The guy only played 3 games last year... and was among the biggest Pro Bowl snubs this year. As much as I like Smith, he deserves it this year.

[CRA]

Stafford threw for 5K yards.......that is a better year than Smitty's.

this isn't or is the "real" CPOY award?

[chknwing]

official award, heres another link

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2012/01/football_writers_vote_detroit.html

[CRA]

official award, heres another link

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2012/01/football_writers_vote_detroit.html

so does that mean Cam's ROY award is the NFL recognized one as well?

[Jesse]

Smitty's always been here, just not the QB. Stafford literally came back.

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

kind of awesome

[Yaboychris28]

if smitty won the award, it would kind of be a spit in the face to his career. so i'm sort of glad he didnt

[Zcustom]

Stafford deserves it.

Comeback from injury>>comeback from having a horrible QB

[rayzor]

if smitty won the award, it would kind of be a spit in the face to his career. so i'm sort of glad he didnt

interesting perspective, but i agree.

agreed about stafford as well...though i'm not sure he ever really arrived. i considered this more his break out year. or maybe his "break-free" year

cause i think it's the first year he didn't get hurt.

i dunno. i was just impressed with how he did. the dude is a tough competitor and he's got a lot of talent.

[panthers55]

usually it is fron injury. Stafford was a great choice. If it was a poor season, Alex Smith would still be a better choice than Smith

[X-Clown]

Personally, I think Smitty was screwed.

Sorry man, Stafford 100% deserves this award. He has elevated himself in the conversation of the top 6 or 7 QBs in the league after all the whispers about his durability and done it with the 29th rated rushing offense (which was boosted heavily in the game against us, FML). Smith himself was never the problem here on the offense so in essence he didn't really "come back" from anything, other than crappy QB play.

[Fiz]

personally i think a player on the team i cheer for got screwed.

additionally i can barely name the other 31 teams, to say nothing about their individual players.

[Jase]

Cam should've gotten it.

I mean he wasn't even in the NFL last year and look at him now!