1999-2000 RFL Awards Ballot

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Playoff MVP:

[] Al Del Greco (UWSSM) - 12, 11, and 9 pts in the Playoff games - the top scoring PK.
[] Edgerrin James (Black Sox) - 15, 21, and 0 pts in the Playoffs. Unfortunately for JoePa... the 0 was in Aglione Bowl X.
[] Patrick Jeffers (FU) - 9, 18, and 18 pts in the Playoffs. The 2nd 18 was in Aglione Bowl X. Jeffers was the highest scorer in the Playoffs.
[] Curtis Martin (Romanians) - 3, 6, and 15 pts in the Playoffs.
[] Other: ____

RFL MVP:

[] Marvin Harrison (Y2K Bugs) - #1 in WR pts (5 ahead of RMoss)
[] Edgerrin James (Black Sox) - #1 in RB pts (13 ahead of MFaulk), and 1st overall (8 ahead of MVanderjagt)
[] Wesley Walls (Romanians) - #1 in TE pts (6 ahead of Gonzalez), scored more than Flutie, Watters, Westbrook, and 72 more than Sharpe.
[] Kurt Warner (FU) - #1 in QB pts (12 ahead of PManning and BJohnson), started only 12 games (4 less than Manning/Johnson)
[] Other: ____

Steal of the Draft:

[] Stephen Davis (UWSSM, 8th) - Dylan nabbed the #3 RB in the League in the 8th round - just after Fred Lane, K A-Jabbar, Madre Hill, and Terry Kirby. Only a late-season injury slowed Davis down.
[] John Kasay (Black Sox, 12th) - the unexpected stumbling of Opie Cunningham (4.8 ppg in 5 games) made this pick (8.2 ppg in 9 games) all the more crucial for the Black Sox' run at the Playoffs.
[] Olindo Mare (FU, 10th) - finished 2nd to V'jagt in NFL PK scoring (by 1 pt), Wang was 6-3 (9.1 ppg) in Mare games - including 3-0 in the Playoffs.
[] James Stewart (JIU, 12th) - finished tied for 9th with RWatters and CDillon (69 pts), led Ali's team in RB points, drafted after CWarren, LeonJohnson, and K-JCarter.
[] Other: ____

Bust of the Draft:

For purposes of this list, players knocked out for an extended period of time due to injury were not considered.
[] Mark Brunell (EFH, 1st round) - was expected to bust out with all sorts of passing and rushing TDs (the next Steve Young as it were), but got buried beneath Beuerlein on Stan's roster.
[] Randall Cunningham (12 Angry Men, 1st) - finished with 36 pts (10 more than Brunell), but lost his grip on the most explosive passing O in the NFL.
[] Joey Galloway (Brian, 2nd) - dropped by Brian in Week 5; 6 pts in 7 starts for Kevin - including 3 goose-eggs in the Playoffs.
[] Adrian Murrell (12 Angry Men, 2nd) - 3 points in 12 games.
[] JJ Stokes (Brian, 3rd) - 0 pts, was healthy all year, drafted ahead of Rice, Tim Brown, and ISAAC BRUCE.
[] Other: ____

Pickup of the Year:

[] Steve Beuerlein (EFH, picked up Week 2) - kicked Brunell to the curb and finished just 4 points behind Favre (#6 overall) with 7 fewer starts (15-8) in the QB standings.
[] Olandis Gary (EFH, 5) - finished 8th in RB pts (ahead of RWatters, CMartin, TAllen, LHoard, ...)
[] Jeff George (SLAB, 1) - Cals' surprising drop finished the season as Brodz' ace QB (#8 among all QBs).
[] Patrick Jeffers (FU, 6 and again in 9) - scored all 45 of his pts in the Playoffs, was the leading scorer in the Playoffs.
[] Todd Peterson (MiB, 2) - finished 7th in PK pts (4 pts out of 3rd)
[] Kurt Warner (FU, Week 0.5) - Wang was mocked on Draft Day for picking a RB (MFaulk) in the 1st round from a team with no QB. This desperation call up landed the eventual All-RFL QB on the FU roster.
[] Other: ____

GM of the Year:

[] Brodz (SLAB) - Brodz received mixed reviews for his draft - most notably admitting to accidentally drafting Cris Carter when he meant to pick Keyshawn (Cris went on to outscore Keyshawn 93-57). But by shrewdly replacing Griese with Jeff George and adding Wheatley to the mix, SLAB won the Steamroller trophy.

[] Dylan (UWSSM) - An 0-5 scrub record in the regular season meant Dylan could quite possibly have won the Steamroller without so much bad luck. Survived injuries to Emmitt/Muhsin/SDavis, and the vanishing act of Bledsoe. After finishing the regular season in 7th, Dylan was able to beat Vesh and Kevin to claim 3rd place in the Playoffs.

[] JoePa (Black Sox) - JoePa picked Edgerrin, Ricky Williams, and Air McNair in the 1st 3 rounds of the draft - high-risk high-reward. The Sox finished 4th in the regular season and made their first trip to the Aglione Bowl. Was able to fight through injuries to McNair and Williams.

[] Vesh (Romanians) - Vesh did not receive acclaim for his draft (#11 in the Combined Preseason Poll), but the quality of his picks shined through. Was able to deal 3rd RB Rhett to replace Testaverde's sub Pederson with Gannon. Finished the regular season tied with SLAB with the best record - and finished the whole season with the best overall record. Picking up Kimble Anders for a start in Week 7 (and keeping the IR'ed player for the balance of the season) was the only questionable move.

[] Wang (FU) - was in 10th place (5-5) after Week 10, but then won 7 in a row to close out the season. Basically only kept 2 players from the Draft (MFaulk 1st, OMare 10th) - dumped JPlummer, SSharpe, RMoore, TBiakabutuka, MIrvin, KA-Jabbar, WRichey, BEmanuel, WMoon, and BARRY SANDERS. Finished the season as the highest scoring team.

[] Other: ____

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Revised: January 13, 2000