Charles Woodson Wins DPOY

It might not make up for the heartbreaker in Arizona, but it's well deserved. Woodson gathered 28 first place votes out of 50 (twice as many as runner-up Darrelle Revis), making him the first Packer to win the award since Reggie White.

Woodson's defensive stats in 2009: 74 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 18 passes defended, 9 interceptions, and 3 return touchdowns. His role in turning Green Bay into a top-5 ranked defense was critical, and his season was one we won't forget.

Congratulations, Charles. Thanks for making 2009 so memorable, and here's to continuing the dominance in 2010 and beyond.

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Congrats Sir Charles. Well deserved indeed!

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by pumpkinking on Jan 12, 2010 10:21 AM CST reply actions

Kudos to Charles!

What an incredible season.

by NYCPac on Jan 12, 2010 12:15 PM CST reply actions

Absolutely the Right Choice.

In case any Jets fans wander over here whining about Revis’ being snubbed… 3 things:

1. The award is for ‘Defensive Player of the Year’, not ‘Cover Corner of the Year’. As many outstanding plays as Woodson made against the pass, he’s had just as many against the run.
2. Woodson’s impact transcends his position, lining up at safety, in the slot, out wide which conversely enabled him to take away the opponents’ best WR, TE, etc. Just ask Jason Witten.
3. Woodson has outproduced Revis across the board, recording 27 more tackles, 9 more tackles for loss, 2 more sacks, and an amazing 7 more turnovers. That’s almost like having an extra Pro Bowler out there.

It’s a shame half as many voters who went with Woodson picked Revis. After all, everything’s easier with safety help. And anyone who wants to denote Woodson’s statistical advantage as “hollow” should remember that 5 of Revis’ 6 INTs came against Jake Delhomme, Josh Freeman, Jamarcus Russell, and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Bravo kid. Bravo.

Godspeed...

by _William_ on Jan 12, 2010 1:33 PM CST reply actions

Now I will start this by saying I think everyone made the right choice with Woodson, but your argument is very thinly veiled.

Point 1 isn’t even a point, its an attempt to try to elevate woodson by making something up. So what you are trying to argue is that woodsons STATS superceed a great performance.The point of the award is to reward the player who excelled the most at what they were asked to do. Woodson and Revis play the same position in title but their job is very much different. Revis is asked to take his guy (usually a top notch WR) and to literally take him out of the game which he did just about every week. You don’t see many guys in the history of the game that can do that week in and week out. He’s not asked to blitz, he’s not asked to play safety. He did what they asked of him in a BIG way.

Your second point has some merit. Woodson does do a lot to impact the game and he’s very versitile but I don’t think that qualifies him more than another guy who just excels at his role.

Third point, statistically, Woodson blows him away, but again that is what people who don’t watch the game closely point out. A guy can have a GREAT game without having great stats. A guy can force QBs to throw the ball quickly without posting a stat. A guy can force a WR off his route or to drop a pass without posting a stat. You don’t base things completely on stats. But that is the easy way to judge things but not the only way.

Regarding the safety help comment, Woodson has safety help almost all game…its part of his position so by ripping Revis there for having help in ONE game you actually hurt your argument for Woodson.

THEN you did it again by going after the guys Revis got his pick from…here are Woodson picks by game:
2 – Bengals (Palmer)
1 – Rams (Boller)
1 – Browns (Quinn)
1 – Cowboys (Romo)
2 – Lions (Stafford)
1 – Bears (Culter)
1 – Cardinals (Leinart)
Romo is pretty decent and Palmer is as well but the others are junk. Cutler is an INT machine. So while you tried to strengthen your argument, it really doesn’t.

I am THRILLED Woodson won and I think he deserved it, but if you try to say Revis doesn’t deserve it, you aren’t WATCHING the game or you are just too blinded by your homer glasses.

by TrevorR on Jan 12, 2010 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Part of being a defensive player is playing against the run and the pass. The point is Woodson was an extreme asset in both aspects. Revis is way more one-dimensional, and while that one dimension was outstanding, it doesn’t warrant higher consideration over a more complete football player.

And Woodson’s versatility is a huge component in his value as well. To be able to take effectively defend traditional WRs, TE-size WRs (Calvin Johnson) and WR-speed TEs (Greg Olsen, also Vernon Davis had success against everyone the Packers threw at him but Woodson) and traditional TEs gives much more value to the team, in my opinion.

All CBs have safety help, but when the gameplan against the Packers is to spread the field and expose Jarrett Bush towards victory, it’s pretty obvious that not a lot of safety help went Woodson’s way. They didn’t bracket Witten with a safety on top when Harris was still around either and Bush was in his rightful spot (the bench).

And about the INTs, you’re doing exactly what I was saying. The point is you can’t cite Woodson’s stats as hollow without seeing the exact same thing for Revis. It wasn’t an attempt to pump up Woodson’s stats at all. It was just used to call attention to the fact that Revis got his numbers on equal footing.

Godspeed...

by _William_ on Jan 12, 2010 3:27 PM CST up reply actions

My point is merely this…Woodson isn’t some slam dunk, obvious, unanomous choice. Revis had an exceptional year and so did Woodson. I think the right call was made. with the east coast voters out there, I am surprised it wasn’t closer than it was actually.

I guess my struggle with your post (after reading your rebuttal) was that you were arguing against point that weren’t made anywhere. No one has said a word about who Woodson has played or stat juicing in here. Maybe if they have, you should have worded it to point out what the arguments were and then spoke against them. Anyway man…thats enough said there. Way to go Woodson, thanks for a GREAT year…lets see ya go back to back next year!!

by TrevorR on Jan 12, 2010 3:46 PM CST up reply actions

I guess my struggle with your post (after reading your rebuttal) was that you were arguing against point that weren’t made anywhere.

Really? There’s been a lot of media hype for Revis about this reward, and everywhere you look on national sites there will be some comments about him being more deserving. The first line in my post was even “In case any Jets fans wander over here whining about Revis’ being snubbed…” .

If it helps, you can consider it a pre-emptive strike against Rex Ryan’s comments. Something like that coming out, whether it be from the media or whoever, was inevitable.

Godspeed...

by _William_ on Jan 12, 2010 7:09 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah well Rex Ryan is a bit of a jag at times…though its nice seeing a coach who doesn’t just toe the line I guess.

I’ve seen AS much if not more talking about Woodson than Revis. The reason the Revis hype machine started is because for a while NO ONE was talking about him…it was all Sharper, Woodson, and Dumerville (with a sprinkling of Jared Allen).

I get ya though, the east coast hype machine was getting going but I don’t think it was ever a question that Woodson was going to win. I guess I just don’t get caught up in the hype machine. Woodson blew him away, but revis was worthy of the votes he got. He had a spectacular year…I just don’t like it when people try to discount another guy in trying to promote theirs to level that was going on in your post. If Revis was a Packer (we’d be one helluva secondary) we’d all be in love with him!

by TrevorR on Jan 12, 2010 9:48 PM CST up reply actions

funny, woodson is good at this too

A guy can force QBs to throw the ball quickly without posting a stat. A guy can force a WR off his route or to drop a pass without posting a stat. You don’t base things completely on stats. But that is the easy way to judge things but not the only way.

See, this is what happens when the Sox bunt.
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by blackoutsox on Jan 12, 2010 3:57 PM CST up reply actions