Final Voting (VOTE HERE)

GM of the Year
Seattle Seahawks - Solid all around... draft, free agency, trades, non-doucheness. Plus the league has them in top 5 voting for offense and defense so they did something right.
Los Angeles Dolphins
Carolina Panthers


Team on the Rise
Miami Dolphins

Team Built for Now
Houston Texans

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Cary Williams, CB - $2.0M - Houston Texans

Draft Steal of the Year
EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State - Buffalo Bills (GML, 4.105 - NFL, 1.016)

Trade of the Year
Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Philadelphia Eagles
Josh Freeman, Gerald McCoy, Mike Williams, Eric Wright, and 4.125 for Mike Vick, DeSean Jackson, DeMeco Ryans, Mike Patterson, and 3.069

Best in Trades
Philadelphia Eagles

Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Seattle Seahawks (Notable Signings: Mike Wallace, Matt Slauson, Shonn Greene, Aubrayo Franklin)

Best in Draft
Miami Dolphins
1.006 - Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida
2.037 - Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee
2.054 - Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise State
3.070 - Shamarko Thomas, SS, Syracuse
3.085 - DJ Hayden, CB, Houston
3.096 - Kiko Alonso, LB, Oregon
4.120 - Le'Veon Bell, RB, Michigan State
5.143 - David Quessenberry, OT, San Jose State
5.C04 - Gerald Hodges, LB, Penn State
7.C03 - Earl Watford, OG, James Madison
7.C08 - Cierre Wood, RB, Notre Dame


Feud of the Year
BuckeyeKing vs GML Draft
-Would have gone with Nods vs the world but this **** was hilarious

Most Improved GM
Bdogtitan11?
-Congratulations/Sorry? haha Not a big fan of this category.

Rookie GM of the Year
RPG Giants (New York Giants)

Best Offense
Cincinnati Bengals

Best Defense
Houston Texans

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
Cincinnati Bengals (RB - Ray Rice, WR - Brandon Marshall, Demaryius Thomas, Stedman Bailey, TE - Jermaine Gresham, Martellus Bennett)

Best Offensive Line
Green Bay Packers (OT - Joe Thomas, Bryan Bulaga, OG - Josh Sitton, Jonathan Cooper, C - Brad Meester)

Best Front Seven
San Francisco 49ers (DE - Derek Wolfe, Ray McDonald, NT - Johnathan Hankins, OLB - Aldon Smith, Melvin Ingram, ILB - Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman)

Best Secondary
Philadelphia Eagles (CB - Darrelle Revis, Antonio Cromartie, Sheldon Brown, FS - Kenny Phillips, SS - Kam Chancellor)
-Had to toot my own horn

 

First off congraulations to everyone this year. It was a very strong year participation wise and talent wise. For the most part everyone was extremely active and knew what they were doing. I know there are talks of making some changes for next season, but honestly I believe the way it is setup now is perfect. I liked the realistic salary cap and cap numbers. I think cap penalties could really put a damper on the activity of the league. Anyways, Thank you GIK, Mach and all the other mods for doing a great job.

GM of the Year
1. Jacksonville Jaguars
2. Tennessee Titans
3. Miami Dolphins

Jaguars took the worst roster in the league and turned it into a contender, great job. Titans don't have the best roster, but i think they did one of the best overall jobs in FA, draft, and trades. The Dolphins are always the easiest team to have as everyone over values the players, but they kept the nucleus together and put together a complete team.


Team on the Rise
St. Louis Rams

The way I vote for this award is the team with the most young talent. Rams won't be superbowl contenders this year, but have young studs at every position and could be a force in a few seasons


Team Built for Now
Houston Texans

With Peyton this team is in win now mode. Play makers on both sides of the ball.


Free Agent Steal of the Year
Cary Williams

With the prices of starting CBs in FA reaching over $5mil, Williams is a good deal at $2m


Draft Steal of the Year
DJ Hayden

Possibly going as high as #3 if the Raiders didn't trade back. This was really hard to choose


Trade of the Year
Eagles/Panthers

This trade benefited both teams well. Panthers were able to use the extra 1st to get Megatron and Eagles built their offense around Newton


Best in Trades
Buffalo Bills

Not easy to make the Bills have a respectable roster, but through alot of activity moves he was able to win more than he lost, even if most of them were lateral moves


Best in Free Agency
Minnesota Vikings

This one was real tough and could go to any of the 5


Best in Draft
Tennessee Titans

Great value at almost every pick. LOVE the Cyprien pick, Manuel was a steal. Added arguably 6-7 impact players


Fued of the Year
Van vs Venge

Provided some nice entertainment for a few days


Most Improved GM
Sean

No disrespect meant to Sean, but in the past he wasn't always the best in trades. This year I thought he did a great job and was one of the best GM's.


Rookie GM of the Year
VanDolphan

6 great candidates, but I think the Bills had the toughest road and did a good job. Hopefully all 6 will be back next year


Best Offense
Seattle Seahawks

A very well rounded offense. I don't love the individual WR/RB much, but as a whole its a great unit


Best Defense
Philadelphia Eagles

This was tough as I can make a case for all 5. Every one of the teams had 1 unit that was lacking that made it really tough. Love the eagles DL and CBs, but the LB are a little lacking. Almost went with Houston but don't love the secondary.


Best Offensive Weapons
Cincinatti Bengals

I hate voting for myself, but in my opinion the bengals have by far deepest and most talented group of weapons


Offensive Line
Tenneesee Titans

Toss up between GB and Titans, but I went with Titans because the Packers weakest link (Meester), is worse than the Titans but a really tough call


Best Front Seven
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

LOVE the David/Jarvis Jones duo a think they have a good deep DL. I also think they started out with the least talent of the contenders in this group and made their front 7 just as good


Best Secondary
Philadelphia Eagles

There is one player in each of the 5 that is a weakpoint. I'm going with Eagles since they started with the worst secondary of the 5. Almost went with Vikings, but can't with their lack of a true #1 CB

 

GM of the Year

Prom Queen (1st Place) - Jacksonville Jaguars- BDOG! Lets face it...I may have been forced to take the Bills.....but at least folks around here know them from the division. The Jaguars are the team that if you ask folks to name all 32 teams....would be the last one mentioned ....if even remembered. A team that makes the original Bills roster look almost respectable! Always respectful and willing to make time for others......even those who are laying it on very thickly *cough*looksaround*cough*. Shrewd trader. Knows what he wants and sticks to the principal. Built a respectable, roster from the ashes of nothing.

Edit: Apparently didn't read the fine print. Got to add a 2nd/3rd place. If I were griddles I'd fix that original post to state you can't vote all 3 spots to the same team...........before schisno does it ;p

Voted Most Likely To Succeed (2nd Place): UCFinfan86. For a league that prides itself on offensive skill players..... UCFinfan86 built the powerhouse of powerhouse offenses....and you didn't even see it coming till they dumped 50 points on your defense, stole your MVP award and F'd your girlfriend.

A/V President A.K.A. weekend D&D game master (3rd Place): Seattle. Mistook 'build a team' as 'pick an all star league team roster'.

Team on the Rise
Tennessee Titans - Great job. GM once made a quote that we were "targeting the same players"......would have to fully agree. Going to make more of an effort to work with next year.

Team Built for Now
Houston Texans - Anyone making a trade for Peyton is definitely laying down the ultimate claim to "win now". Nuff said.


Free Agent Steal of the Year
Cary Williams, CB - $2.0M - Houston Texans - Starting Superbowl CB paid less then my backup guard. Winner winner chicken dinner!

Draft Steal of the Year
Kyle Long, OT, Oregon - Seattle Seahawks (GML, 3.071 - NFL, 1.020) - Honestly could have gone with a tie with Houston, but he's already got my vote for the previous 2 and I'd have a hard time explaining why I didn't vote him as GM of the year if I go 3 in a row here ;p We knew the 3 main tackles would go high....but when the hell did tackle become such a huge position that the 2nd tier of tackles go top 20. Boggles the mind.

Trade of the Year
Jacksonville Jaguars & Atlanta Falcons
Tom Brady for Matt Ryan and 2.062 - Jags not only have the balls to make a hard play for Brady...but turn around and re-trade him for long term stability. Shrewd.


Best in Trades
Buffalo Bills - Ah screw it. It's my GM persona to vote for myself........plus it was my favorite part of the GML...wheeling and dealing.


Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Minnesota Vikings (Notable Signings: Jairus Byrd, Desmond Bryant, Domenik Hixon, Manny Lawson) - I got 2 firsts for that first FA. Damn straight I'm voting it ;p Plus some solid moves with tight cap room.

Best in Draft
Tennessee Titans - Didn't have quite as much to work with as say GB or Miami but comes out with several starters. Plus I love me some Cyprien.
1.010 - Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah
2.041 - Jonathan Cyprien, FS, FIU
2.064 - Giovanni Bernard, RB, North Carolina
3.072 - Corey Lemonier, DE, Auburn
4.105 - EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State
4.107 - Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut
5.130 - Cornelius Washington, DE, Georgia
7.202 - Vince Williams, LB, Florida State
7.208 - Michael Mauti, LB, Penn State

Feud of the Year
BuckeyeKing vs GML Draft - Easy to vote for Odin and I's WWE antics....but when it came to pure laughs for me.....BK made the draft wait more tolerable with his constant backstabbing of himself.


Most Improved GM
-Pass since I wasn't here last year.

Rookie GM of the Year
VanDolPhan. Was trying to be humble and vote up others...well everyone else is voting for themselves so...score! ;p

Best Offense
Cincinnati Bengals - The Bungles no more!


Best Defense
Seattle Seahawks - What can I say...they got seriously young, stud, pro bowlers and willing to attempt a 3-3-5. Balls.

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
Cincinnati Bengals (RB - Ray Rice, WR - Brandon Marshall, Demaryius Thomas, Stedman Bailey, TE - Jermaine Gresham, Martellus Bennett) - 1500 yards on the ground, 1500 yards in the air and that's before you get to the 3rd guy even. It's a dream...yet a nightmare to figure out how to spread the ball around and keep everyone happy.

Best Offensive Line
San Francisco 49ers (OT - Joe Staley, Anthony Davis, OG - Mike Iupati, Jah Reid, C - Jonathan Goodwin) -Eh...thought my OL could have easily cracked into that top 5 as the best run blocking unit. But pound for pound San Fran's line is beast mode.

Best Front Seven
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DE - Adrian Clayborn, Michael Bennet, DT - Kevin Williams, Mike Patterson, OLB - Lavonte David, Jarvis Jones, MLB - DeMeco Ryans) - Your welcome for Lavonte back ;p

Best Secondary
Philadelphia Eagles (CB - Darrelle Revis, Antonio Cromartie, Sheldon Brown, FS - Kenny Phillips, SS - Kam Chancellor) - I'd expect Rex Ryan to jump ship just to have his secondary back!

 

GM of the Year
1. PSG - Packers
2. UCFinfan86 - Bengals
3. Bdogtitan11 - Jaguars

Team on the Rise
Cardinals


Team Built for Now
Texans


Free Agent Steal of the Year
Erin Henderson, LB - $750K - Tennessee Titans


Draft Steal of the Year
Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina - Green Bay Packers


Trade of the Year
Pittsburgh Steelers & Kansas City Chiefs
Ben Roethlisberger, Ike Taylor, and 1.017 for 1.001 and 5.129


Best in Trades
San Francisco 49ers


Best in Free Agency
Pittsburgh Steelers


Best in Draft
Miami Dolphins


Feud of the Year
VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin


Most Improved GM
PSG (even though I wasn't here last year, really like what PSG did, sorry Sean)


Rookie GM of the Year
wakeupitsfootball - San Francisco 49ers (I thought I did a solid job taking over after the season started, if I had to vote someone else, I would vote for VanDolphan)


Best Offense
Cincinnati Bengals


Best Defense
San Francisco 49ers


Best Offensive Weapons
Bengals (very tempted to vote for myself lol)


Best Offensive Line
Packers


Best Front Seven
San Francisco 49ers


Best Secondary
Minnesota Vikings (This was REALLY hard, Eagles and Seahawks were strongly considered)

 

GM of the Year
Griddles and Stitches

Runner up-Die_nasty

3rd place-BDog

This was a close one but overall they did a great job managing the Dolphins in all aspects.

Team on the Rise
Jacksonville Jaguars

Bdog is coming very close to being one of the best in the GML. Real fantastic job.

Free Agent steal of the year
Cary Williams - Houston Texans.

Draft steal of the year
DJ Hayden - Miami Dolphins

Trade of the year

Best in trades
Philadelphia Eagles

Best in FA
Minnesota Vikings

Best in draft

Feud of the Year
VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin

Most Improved
PSG

Rookie GM of the Year
Die_Nasty

Best Rookie class to ever play in the GML. Well done.

Best Offense
Cincinnati Bengals

Best Defense
Miami Dolphins

Best offensive weapons
San Francisco 49ers

Best Oline
Green Bay Packers

Best front 7
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Best secondary
Minnesota Vikings


EDIT-
TEAM BUILT FOR NOW
Seattle Seahawks

 

Normally, I wouldnt vote for myself but since there is an absurd amount of people doing so, I may as well. Since some people are making this a popularity contest....And Id love to see some of your offenses go against my defense. These guys would crush your teams soul.

GM of the Year
Jacksonville Jaguars - No one did more with less
Green Bay - Solid job all around
Philadelphia - Unloaded some seriously garbage contracts and got value back.

Team on the Rise
Tennessee Titans

Team Built for Now
Houston Texans - Gotta be them. Peyton and Andre Johnson arent getting younger.

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Brian Urlacher, LB - $1.0M - Carolina Panthers

Draft Steal of the Year
DJ Hayden, CB, Houston - Miami Dolphins (GML, 3.085 - NFL, 1.012)

Trade of the Year
Houston Texans & Denver Broncos
Matt Schaub, Kareem Jackson, Owen Daniels, 4.124), and 7.219 for Peyton Manning, Jacob Tamme, and 3.095

Best in Trades - I dont know I wasnt nominated Paul but since I wasnt I will give it to the runner up...you.
St Louis Rams. Bent a lot of teams over and did a great job flipping assets for other assets he wanted more. He didnt really lose any trades, though he was lucky to break even with me.

Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Seattle Seahawks (Notable Signings: Mike Wallace, Matt Slauson, Shonn Greene, Aubrayo Franklin) - I always win this so why should this year be any different? The names aside from Wallace may not be sexy but the value is there with a starting Guard, a 1000 yard back and a starter for a playoff team (Greene and Moreno) and a good nose tackle for collectively around 5M. Its not about names, its about value. Wallace was a need I had money put aside for.
Runners up: Colts, Steelers

Best in Draft - This was tough as Cincy, St Louis, Miami, and Tennessee among others deserve major respect. My real vote, Baltimore who typically runs game here didnt get to the final round which was some bull.
Green Bay Packers
1.024 - Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri
1.026 - Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina
1.032 - Matt Elam, SS, Florida
2.057 - Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati
3.092 - Robert Alford, CB, Southeastern Louisiana
4.109 - Nico Johnson, LB, Alabama
5.159 - Connor Vernon, WR, Duke
7.203 - Jordan Rodgers, QB, Vanderbilt

Feud of the Year
VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin

Most Improved GM
Sean in a runaway. Not because the other GM's did poorly but because they were good last year too. Sean took it seriously more so this year then in years past and did more then try and set league records for trades.

Rookie GM of the Year
VanDolphan (Buffalo Bills) - This was tough. Die Nasty, Ophinerated, and WUIF did well and as a whole it was the best rookie class since Ive been in the league.

Best Offense
Seattle Seahawks - 5 deep at RB, 6 deep at WR and 4 deep at TE. Tell me again who you got defending all my weapons.

Best Defense - You guys keep nominating so stop hatin.
Seattle Seahawks

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE) - SF and Jax deserve respect as well. ATL didnt even pay attention half the time; I dont vote for teams that dont stay active. And the TE issue there...yikes.
Cincinnati Bengals (RB - Ray Rice, WR - Brandon Marshall, Demaryius Thomas, Stedman Bailey, TE - Jermaine Gresham, Martellus Bennett) - Some serious talent here, though Im not in love with their TE options and I think Rice is on the decline.

Best Offensive Line - Other teams did well; this was a runaway though. Rams were close but didnt get nominated.
Green Bay Packers (OT - Joe Thomas, Bryan Bulaga, OG - Josh Sitton, Jonathan Cooper, C - Brad Meester)

Best Front Seven
Seattle Seahawks (DE - Justin Smith, Derrick Morgan, NT - Terrence Cody, OLB - Bruce Irvin, Akeem Ayers, ILB - Bobby Wagner, Manti Te'o) - I probably shouldnt have a front 7 listed here since I only use a front 6 but even my bench guys are more talented then many of your starters.

Best Secondary
Seattle Seahawks (CB - Richard Sherman, Champ Bailey, Brandon Boykin, FS - Earl Thomas, SS - Kerry Rhodes) - Champ Bailey is covering your wr2. Need I say more? He was a top 10 CB covering wr1's according to PFF. I dont care if hes 106 he can still ball. Sherman and Thomas are elites at their positions.

 

First of all let me start with my bitter comment of the year. I am really shocked at the amount of attention my team didnt get this yr. I REALLY genuinly felt I did my best job this yr out of all the yrs I have done this. Especially FA. How anyone can say I didnt do enough with what I had is beyond me. I signed 27 free agents. And out of those 13 are starters! Thats a big amount and all are improvements IMO.

GM of the Year
Jags
Miami
SF


Team on the Rise
Jacksonville Jaguars


Team Built for Now
Seattle Seahawks

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Erin Henderson, LB - $750K - Tennessee Titans


Draft Steal of the Year
EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State - Buffalo Bills (GML, 4.105 - NFL, 1.016)


Trade of the Year
Philadelphia Eagles & Carolina Panthers
Josh Freeman, Jeremy Maclin, and 1.004 for Cam Newton, Brandon LaFell, and 2.045



Best in Trades
Jacksonville Jaguars


Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Indianapolis Colts

Best in Draft

Tennessee Titans
1.010 - Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah
2.041 - Jonathan Cyprien, FS, FIU
2.064 - Giovanni Bernard, RB, North Carolina
3.072 - Corey Lemonier, DE, Auburn
4.105 - EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State
4.107 - Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut
5.130 - Cornelius Washington, DE, Georgia
7.202 - Vince Williams, LB, Florida State
7.208 - Michael Mauti, LB, Penn State

Feud of the Year
Machiavelli vs Trade Negotiations

Most Improved GM
Sean

Rookie GM of the Year
Die Nasty (Tennessee Titans)

Best Offense
Jacksonville Jaguars


Best Defense
Seattle Seahawks

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
Cincinnati Bengals (RB - Ray Rice, WR - Brandon Marshall, Demaryius Thomas, Stedman Bailey, TE - Jermaine Gresham, Martellus Bennett)


Best Offensive Line
Pittsburgh Steelers (OT - Jake Long, Breno Giacomini, OG - Clint Boling, David DeCastro, C - Maurkice Pouncey)


Best Front Seven
Seattle Seahawks (DE - Justin Smith, Derrick Morgan, NT - Terrence Cody, OLB - Bruce Irvin, Akeem Ayers, ILB - Bobby Wagner, Manti Te'o)

Best Secondary
Philadelphia Eagles (CB - Darrelle Revis, Antonio Cromartie, Sheldon Brown, FS - Kenny Phillips, SS - Kam Chancellor)

 

GM of the Year

1. UCFinfan86, Cincinnati
--Only my second year in the GML, but I learned pretty quickly that UCFinfan86 is arguably the most consistent, heady GM we have in the league and he proved it this year. Stating the obvious, he took over a solid Bengals team and brought them to the next level. The offense is much more diverse, the front seven is as good as any. Draft, trades, FA, he did everything right this year.

2. Boik14, Seattle
--Basically the same first sentence as above. Boik14 wins his trades, has a vision and sticks to it. He took a very good team and made it great, brilliantly working with the cap flexibility he had and making the most of the assets he traded. Super close to getting a 1[SUP]st[/SUP]-place nod. I’m not as big a fan as the 3-3-5 fit as others, but credit for taking a good stab at it. No weaknesses across the board, well done.

3. GIK, Miami
--Not a Phins fan, but I know taking over the Dolphins on this MB is no easy task. Again, I value consistency and I think GIK did a nice job putting his team together from top to bottom. He didn’t blow things up, but made upgrades where he saw fit. The draft was spot on other than an unlucky Floyd fall.
HM: Rams, Packers

Team on the Rise
St. Louis Rams – Moved bad pieces, developed a strong nucleus. Rams would be very happy with this team going forward.

Team Built for Now
Houston Texans – The move to get Peyton Manning – a great trade btw – indicates that the Texans are just a piece away from going from playoff team to SB contender.


Free Agent Steal of the Year
Erin Henderson, LB - $750K

Draft Steal of the Year
Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina - Green Bay Packers (GML, 1.026 - NFL, 1.007) – instant starter in late first. Even though we didn’t need an OG that badly, we were going to take him at 27 if he dropped one more spot.

Trade of the Year
Houston Texans and Denver Broncos


Best in Trades
St. Louis Rams – Nicely done overall. How about Cousins for a 3[SUP]rd[/SUP]?

Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Indianapolis Colts (Notable Signings: Andy Levitre, Tracy Porter, Ramses Barden, Danny Woodhead)
--Sneaky good job by the Colts in FA. I am disappointed Jags weren’t nominated here. We got two players with 20 combined sacks in 2012, an elite RT, a 1,000-yard WR, and more. Off my soap box.


Best in Draft
Green Bay Packers – This might have been the toughest to pick, lots of good drafts. But four instant starters for a Super Bowl contending team? Damn…

Feud of the Year
VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin – “Prepare your anus!”

Most Improved GM
PSG – I thought a bunch of guys continued to trend upward, including Sean, but PSG’s version of the Packers deserves some credit. He had a vision and carried it out.

Rookie GM of the Year
VanDolphan (Buffalo Bills) – This rookie class compares to the 1983 draft class. Titans and 49ers were awesome, but credit to Van for taking over a terrible team, making said team relevant and being active from the get go. Plus, I have to give props to the new guy who isn’t afraid to come in and ruffle some feathers.

Best Offense
Cincinnati Bengals – Dalton is far from a weakness, but any shortcoming he has have the potential to be hidden with this group he has around them. Diversification of weapons with some star power.

Best Defense
Miami Dolphins – No holes anywhere, very experienced group that should play well together.

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
San Francisco 49ers (RB - Maurice Jones-Drew, WR - Greg Jennings, Eric Decker, Randall Cobb, TE - Vernon Davis). Jags were happy with their depth, but this is cream of the crop in terms of depth, balance and explosiveness.

Best Offensive Line
Green Bay Packers (OT - Joe Thomas, Bryan Bulaga, OG - Josh Sitton, Jonathan Cooper, C - Brad Meester) – Meester is only weakness here and even then, he’s capable of one more good year. Turned a weakness into a strength.

Best Front Seven
Miami Dolphins (DE - Cameron Wake, Trent Cole, DT - Randy Starks, Sharrif Floyd, OLB - Kevin Burnett, Koa Misi, MLB - Karlos Dansby) – Seahwaks have more raw talent, but I cringe of thought of Morgan playing a 5 technique and Te’o playing in coverage. Again, no weaknesses for the Dolphins.

Best Secondary
Seattle Seahawks (CB - Richard Sherman, Champ Bailey, Brandon Boykin, FS - Earl Thomas, SS - Kerry Rhodes) - Not even close. This group is fantastic. No holes, all dynamic, proven players.

 

GM of the Year
Boik 14 again - just always solid
GIK
Pauul

Team on the Rise
Miami Dolphins

Team Built for Now
Seattle Seahawks

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Erin Henderson, LB - $750K - Tennessee Titans

Draft Steal of the Year
DJ Hayden, CB, Houston - Miami Dolphins (GML, 3.085 - NFL, 1.012)

Trade of the Year
Pittsburgh Steelers & Kansas City Chiefs
Ben Roethlisberger, Ike Taylor, and 1.017 for 1.001 and 5.129

Jacksonville Jaguars & Atlanta Falcons
Tom Brady for Matt Ryan and 2.062

Philadelphia Eagles & Carolina Panthers
Josh Freeman, Jeremy Maclin, and 1.004 for Cam Newton, Brandon LaFell, and 2.045

Best in Trades
San Francisco 49ers




Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Pittsburgh Steelers (Notable Signings: Jake Long, Louis Delmas, Paul Kruger, Derek Cox)
Seattle Seahawks (Notable Signings: Mike Wallace, Matt Slauson, Shonn Greene, Aubrayo Franklin)

Best in Draft
Miami Dolphins
1.006 - Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida
2.037 - Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee
2.054 - Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise State
3.070 - Shamarko Thomas, SS, Syracuse
3.085 - DJ Hayden, CB, Houston
3.096 - Kiko Alonso, LB, Oregon
4.120 - Le'Veon Bell, RB, Michigan State
5.143 - David Quessenberry, OT, San Jose State*
5.C04 - Gerald Hodges, LB, Penn State
7.C03 - Earl Watford, OG, James Madison
7.C08 - Cierre Wood, RB, Notre Dame

Feud of the Year

VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin

Most Improved GM
BuckeyeKing
PSG

Rookie GM of the Year
wakeupitsfootball (San Francisco 49ers)

Best Offense
Seattle Seahawks

Best Defense
Philadelphia Eagles

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
Atlanta Falcons (RB - Chris Johnson, WR - Julio Jones, Roddy White, TE - Ryan Otten)

Best Offensive Line
Pittsburgh Steelers (OT - Jake Long, Breno Giacomini, OG - Clint Boling, David DeCastro, C - Maurkice Pouncey)
Green Bay Packers (OT - Joe Thomas, Bryan Bulaga, OG - Josh Sitton, Jonathan Cooper, C - Brad Meester)




Best Front Seven
San Francisco 49ers*(DE - Derek Wolfe, Ray McDonald, NT - Johnathan Hankins, OLB - Aldon Smith, Melvin Ingram, ILB - Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman)

Best Secondary
Minnesota Vikings (CB - Antoine Winfield, Desmond Trufant, Chris Cook, FS - Jairus Byrd, SS - Harrison Smith)


I voted for myself in spots because others did as well. I gave an alternate in case.

 

GM of the year
Jaguars- Really liked what they did overall. No team improved as much as this one did IMO.
Seattle- Great job solidifying them as SB contenders
Dolphins- Made really solid moves at key needs. Did well in every facet of the offseason.

Team on the Rise
Jaguars- This team was horrible last year and it could be argued they are built to win now, but they are also built to sustain that success.

Team built for Now
Texans- I may be biased, but I don't see another team with more talent across the board than the Texans. Manning with the best WR tandem he's had since Harrison and Wayne were in their primes, Watt and Miller getting after the QB, Joseph shutting down half the field all make this the team to beat right now IMO.

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Sione Pouha- I won't go with myself on two consecutive categories. Getting a player as good as Pouha for less than $1M is pretty impressive.

Draft Steal of the Year
Jonathan Cooper- This was incredibly tough for me. It had little to do with where these guys were actually drafted and more to do with whether I felt they were great value where they were taken. Hayden was fantastic value in the 3rd round, but Cooper was probably one of the top 3-5 players in this draft and he was taken near the end of the 1st.

Trade of the Year
Tom Brady for Matt Ryan and 2.062- All good candidates. Two top 10 QBs being swapped is a pretty big deal though.

Best in Trades
Rams- Liked many of their trades

Best in Draft
Miami- Loved this draft. Good player after good player all with pretty good value. I don't care where Floyd went in the actual draft. He was worth the 6th pick IMO. Love Hunter, love Taylor, love Thomas, love Hayden, love Alonso. Great draft.

Feud of the year
I guess I just didn't pay attention to the feuds. I honestly have no clue.

Most improved GM
I have no idea. I nominated the Jags in the nominations thread, but I honestly couldn't tell you how good of a GM he or anyone else was last year. I can barely remember what my team looked like last year. So I'll abstain from this one.

Rookie GM of the Year
Tampa- All good choices, but I liked what he did.

Best Offense
Seattle- Not much to say here. They are stacked.

Best Defense
Houston- Again, not much to say other than this is a stacked D with arguably the best 2 defensive players in the NFL and lots of supporting talent.

Best Offensive Weapons
Bengals- Loaded with talent at each of the "weapon" positions

Best Offensive Line
Packers- Five studs.

Best Front Seven
Dolphins- This one was tough because they all had weaknesses (*cough, the Texans didn't, *cough). The front 4 here is scary though and the LBs are very solid.

Best Secondary
Seattle- This was maybe the most difficult decision. I have typed and deleted my answer to this one a few times now, but Seattle barely edges out Philly simply because Revis is coming off of a serious injury. Really, really tough call though. I honestly think both should win this category.

 

GM of the Year
Jags gm
titans gm
dolphins gm

Team on the Rise
Jacksonville Jaguars

Team Built for Now
Jacksonville Jaguars

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Israel Idonije, DE - $1.2M - Tennessee Titans

Draft Steal of the Year
Justin Pugh, OT, Syracuse - Houston Texans (GML, 3.084 - NFL, 1.019)

Trade of the Year

Jacksonville Jaguars & Atlanta Falcons
Tom Brady for Matt Ryan and 2.062

Best in Trades
Jacksonville Jaguars

Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Pittsburgh Steelers (Notable Signings: Jake Long, Louis Delmas, Paul Kruger, Derek Cox)

Best in Draft

Green Bay Packers
1.024 - Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri
1.026 - Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina
1.032 - Matt Elam, SS, Florida
2.057 - Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati
3.092 - Robert Alford, CB, Southeastern Louisiana
4.109 - Nico Johnson, LB, Alabama
5.159 - Connor Vernon, WR, Duke
7.203 - Jordan Rodgers, QB, Vanderbilt

Feud of the Year
Commissioner vs schisno

Most Improved GM
Bdogtitan11

Rookie GM of the Year
Die Nasty (Tennessee Titans)

Best Offense
Atlanta Falcons

Best Defense
San Francisco 49ers

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
Atlanta Falcons (RB - Chris Johnson, WR - Julio Jones, Roddy White, TE - Ryan Otten)

Best Offensive Line
San Francisco 49ers (OT - Joe Staley, Anthony Davis, OG - Mike Iupati, Jah Reid, C - Jonathan Goodwin)

Best Front Seven
San Francisco 49ers (DE - Derek Wolfe, Ray McDonald, NT - Johnathan Hankins, OLB - Aldon Smith, Melvin Ingram, ILB - Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman)

Best Secondary
Seattle Seahawks (CB - Richard Sherman, Champ Bailey, Brandon Boykin, FS - Earl Thomas, SS - Kerry Rhodes)

 

GM of the Year
1. Jags- Did a great job with what they had to work with. And they were just the most helpful and easiest to work with. Great job.
2. Bengals
3. Packers

Team on the rise
1.Jags

Team built for now
1. Texans

Free agent steal of the year
1.Sione Pouha - Bears

Draft steal of the year
1. DJ Hayden-MIA

Trade of the Year
1.Philly-Tampa

Best in Trades
1.Jags

Best in free agency
1. Jets

Best in draft
1. Miami

Fued of the Year
1. Bills vs Vikings

Most improved GM
1. Sean

Rookie GM of the Year
1. Teflon John(BUCS). Had to vote for myself here. I felt like i did a solid job with the Team i took on. All the rookies did a good job but Buffalo, Titans and myself(tampa) had a whole lot less to work with compared to the other rookies!

Best Offense
1. ATL

Best Defense
2.Texans

Best offensive weapons
1. Bengals

Best Offensive line
1. Steelers! ( I was shocked my oline didnt crack the top 5! Everyone nominated did a great job, just liked the steelers finished product)

Best Front Seven
1. TAMPA BAY!!

Best secondary
1. Philly

 

GM of the Year

1. Seahawks
2. Dolphins
3. Giants

Team on the Rise
Jags

Team Built for Now
Panthers

FA Steal
Cary Williams, CB - $2.0M - Houston Texans


Draft Steal
Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina - Green Bay Packers (GML, 1.026 - NFL, 1.007).......Yeah I did it.

Trade of Year
Houston Texans & Denver Broncos
Matt Schaub, Kareem Jackson, Owen Daniels, 4.124), and 7.219 for Peyton Manning, Jacob Tamme, and 3.095

Best in Trade
1. Philadelphia Eagles


Best in FA
Seattle Seahawks (Notable Signings: Mike Wallace, Matt Slauson, Shonn Greene, Aubrayo Franklin)


Best in Draft
Green Bay Packers

Feud of the Year
VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin

Most Improved GM
PSG


Rookie of the Year
RPG Giants

Best Offense
Packers

Best Defense
Dolphins

Best Offensive Weapons
Cincinnati Bengals (RB - Ray Rice, WR - Brandon Marshall, Demaryius Thomas, Stedman Bailey, TE - Jermaine Gresham, Martellus Bennett)

Best Offensive Line
Green Bay Packers (OT - Joe Thomas, Bryan Bulaga, OG - Josh Sitton, Jonathan Cooper, C - Brad Meester)

Best Front Seven
San Francisco 49ers (DE - Derek Wolfe, Ray McDonald, NT - Johnathan Hankins, OLB - Aldon Smith, Melvin Ingram, ILB - Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman)

Best Secondary
Seattle Seahawks (CB - Richard Sherman, Champ Bailey, Brandon Boykin, FS - Earl Thomas, SS - Kerry Rhodes)

 

GM of the Year
1. St Louis Rams
- Had one of the best drafts this year and has his positions filled with the right players for his scheme, has both the ability to win now with potential to be a challenger for the Superbowl in the next few seasons.
2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- For a rookie GM made some solid moves building a very good defense. Brought in Matt Flynn who might finally get to start. In and out of the league he was a true gentlemen and gamer.
3. Arizona Cardinals
- Always getting BK'd in the draft and tends to deal with some tough obstacles, has fun and that's what counts.

Team on the Rise
Jacksonville Jaguars
- Can be a playoff team, but I don't know if the Jags are a true Superbowl contender as they have up and coming pieces mixed with pro bowl talent who have questions. Matt Ryan has one playoff win, I'm just saying. The window is open for a few years but his receiving unit was more impressive in Atlanta.

Team Built for Now
Houston Texans
- The team with one of the smallest windows due to the age of Manning and Johnson, this Texans team fits the description of win now. If both were to retire at the end of this upcoming season, they would have to worry about growing an offense in the new few seasons, or they could reload but that would cost them key pieces in their defense. Unfortunately we know Manning's history in the playoffs as well.

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Cary Williams, CB - $2.0M - Houston Texans
- You'd have to compare the deals given out to other CBs this offseason and see this was one of the more affordable deals with the averaging being 5 million and over, if you're getting one of the notable playoff CBs this past year for less than half what other CBs are getting, that's a steal. As great as Urlacher has been in his career, he is still unsigned for real.

Draft Steal of the Year
DJ Hayden, CB, Houston - Miami Dolphins (GML, 3.085 - NFL, 1.012)
- In terms of immediate impact for their team Hayden should step into a starting role for the Raiders, whereas someone like EJ Manuel could get the start in Buffalo week one, but at the same time QBs have an immediate sink or swim evaluation on them especially if you're the only QB taking in the first round. As big as coup Manuels GML vs NFL draft value is, he landed in Buffalo. Pugh might not start for a season or two, so that will be too long for this to be an immediate draft steal. Cooper and Long could do well, but if their lines are awful they could not get the recognition they deserve.

Trade of the Year

Jacksonville Jaguars & Atlanta Falcons
Tom Brady for Matt Ryan and 2.062
- Less pieces being moved around by the teams involved, but has a seismic shift for both teams. Atlanta becomes a team with a window just as small as the Texans and the Jaguars have more time to get to the promise land. Big moves aren't made by completing changing over teams, it's by making the key moves at an integral position for your teams success.

Best in Trades
Jacksonville Jaguars
- Didn't try to have the most trades in the league, and won more than they lost. Brought in big names by winning those trades by a larger margin.

Best in Free Agency (DOES NOT INCLUDE STREET FREE AGENTS)
Pittsburgh Steelers (Notable Signings: Jake Long, Louis Delmas, Paul Kruger, Derek Cox)
- Didn't really overpay for his FA signings because their were some ridiculous contracts handed out and managed to pick up some hot names on the list as well. Solid group of veterans to bring in.

Best in Draft
Tennessee Titans
1.010 - Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah
2.041 - Jonathan Cyprien, FS, FIU
2.064 - Giovanni Bernard, RB, North Carolina
3.072 - Corey Lemonier, DE, Auburn
4.105 - EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State
4.107 - Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut
5.130 - Cornelius Washington, DE, Georgia
7.202 - Vince Williams, LB, Florida State
7.208 - Michael Mauti, LB, Penn State

- It was a toss up between the Dolphins and the Titans. Dolphins lose it based on the Limas Sweed variable.

Feud of the Year
Machiavelli vs Trade Negotiations
- It led to the cutting of players that could have probably been traded for earlier on. The antithesis of playing the GML. Also I was too involved in the other feuds to cast a vote for those.

Most Improved GM
PSG
- still an underappreciated veteran.

Rookie GM of the Year
Die Nasty (Tennessee Titans)
- All of our rookie GMs need to given a hand for playing.

Best Offense
Jacksonville Jaguars
- The only thing that separates these cats from the Orange and Black ones are the QBs, Matt Ryan over Andy Dalton thanks.

Best Defense
Miami Dolphins


Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
Cincinnati Bengals (RB - Ray Rice, WR - Brandon Marshall, Demaryius Thomas, Stedman Bailey, TE - Jermaine Gresham, Martellus Bennett)
- Any QB would be happy choosing these toys.

Best Offensive Line
Green Bay Packers (OT - Joe Thomas, Bryan Bulaga, OG - Josh Sitton, Jonathan Cooper, C - Brad Meester)
- Solid all the way through, and not really forcing square pegs into round holes, like tackles into guard positions.

Best Front Seven
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DE - Adrian Clayborn, Michael Bennet, DT - Kevin Williams, Mike Patterson, OLB - Lavonte David, Jarvis Jones, MLB - DeMeco Ryans)
- Good mix of veteran, up and comers and impact rookies. This unit can really grow into something.

Best Secondary
Minnesota Vikings (CB - Antoine Winfield, Desmond Trufant, Chris Cook, FS - Jairus Byrd, SS - Harrison Smith)
- Best mix of starting CBs and Safeties.

 

I'm not going to lie, I was hoping I'd at least be nominated for best secondary, but it is what it is.

GMOTY:
Miami Dolphins
TB Bucaneers
St. Louis Rams

Team on the rise:
Seattle Seahawks

Team Built for Now:
Cardinals

FASOTY:
Sione Pouha

DSOTY:
Justin Pugh

TOTY:
Ben Roethlisberger, Ike Taylor, and 1.017 for 1.001 and 5.129

Best In Trades:
Jacksonville Jaguars

Best IN FA:
Pittsburgh Steelers (Notable Signings: Jake Long, Louis Delmas, Paul Kruger, Derek Cox)

Best in Draft:
Miami Dolphins

Feud of the Year:
VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin

Most Improved GM:
Sean

Rookie GM of the Year:
Die Nasty (Tennessee Titans)

Best Offense:
Cincinatti

Best Defense:
Miami Dolphins

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE):
Cincinnati Bengals (RB - Ray Rice, WR - Brandon Marshall, Demaryius Thomas, Stedman Bailey, TE - Jermaine Gresham, Martellus Bennett)

Best Offensive Line:
Tennessee Titans (OT - Michael Roos, David Stewart, OG - Alex Boone, Brandon Moore, C - Fernando Velasco)

Best Front 7:
Miami Dolphins (DE - Cameron Wake, Trent Cole, DT - Randy Starks, Sharrif Floyd, OLB - Kevin Burnett, Koa Misi, MLB - Karlos Dansby)

Best Secondary:
Miami Dolphins (CB - Tramon Williams, EJ Biggers, DJ Hayden, FS - Chris Clemons, SS - Reshad Jones)

 

GM of the Year:

1. Indianapolis Colts: I don't get how Big E is always overlooked year after year. He's got the best young QB in the NFL. All he went out and did was improve the RB spot (signing both DeAngelo Williams and Cedric Benson, while adding Danny Woodhead), as well as trading for Michael Crabtree. I like how the offense is young, but he's stocked the team defensively with tons of veterans. Year after year E is overlooked and I don't understand why. This is a solid team from top to bottom.
2. Pittsburgh Steelers: I really liked what the Steelers did in both Free Agency and the Draft, getting younger and better. They inherited a team with some very tough cap numbers but were able to make the best of it. Solid work.
3. Miami Dolphins: It's always tough to take the hometown team, but Griddles and Pete were up to the challenge. They missed out on Wallace, but only because Boik was willing to drop massive amounts of money on him in Free Agency. Solid work all the way around.

Team on the Rise: Jacksonville Jaguars

Team Built for Now: Seattle Seahawks

Free Agent Steal of the Year: Brian Urlacher, LB - $1.0M - Carolina Panthers

Draft Steal of the Year: Kyle Long, OT, Oregon - Seattle Seahawks (GML, 3.071 - NFL, 1.020)

Trade of the Year: Philadelphia Eagles & Carolina Panthers
Josh Freeman, Jeremy Maclin, and 1.004 for Cam Newton, Brandon LaFell, and 2.045

Best in Trades: Jacksonville Jaguars

Best in Free Agency: Pittsburgh Steelers

Best in Draft: Cincinnati Bengals

Feud of the Year: Commissioner vs schisno

Most Improved GM: BuckeyeKing

Rookie GM of the Year: Die Nasty

Best Offense: Green Bay Packers

Best Defense: San Francisco 49ers

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE): Carolina Panthers

Best Offensive Line: Green Bay Packers

Best Front Seven: Washington Redskins

Best Secondary: Philadelphia Eagles

 

GM of the Year

1. Cincinnati Bengals
2. Jacksonville Jaguars
3. Green Bay Packers

Team on the Rise
Jacksonville Jaguars

Team Built for Now
Houston Texans

FA Steal
Cary Williams, CB - $2.0M - Houston Texans

Draft Steal
Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina - Green Bay Packers

Trade of Year
Philadelphia Eagles & Carolina Panthers
Josh Freeman, Jeremy Maclin, and 1.004 for Cam Newton, Brandon LaFell, and2.045

Best in Trade
Jacksonville Jaguars

Best in FA
Pittsburgh Steelers (Notable Signings: Jake Long, Louis Delmas, Paul Kruger,Derek Cox)

Best in Draft
Green Bay Packers

Feud of the Year
VanDolphan vs Vengeful Odin

Most Improved GM
My first year so I won’t vote here

Rookie of the Year
Teflon John (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Best Offense
Cincinnati Bengals

Best Defense
Seattle Seahawks

Best Offensive Weapons
Cincinnati Bengals
Best Offensive Line
Green Bay Packers
Best Front Seven
San Francisco 49ers

Best Secondary
Seattle Seahawks

 

GM of the Year
Cincinnati Bengals
Indianapolis Colts
San Francisco

Since things are locked up, I more want to acknowledge guys under the radar with spots 2 and 3. E and WUIF both made some great moves, and I wanted to give them some due for it. E always brings a unique view to things like Peyton last year, and WUIF as a rookie bought some neat insight that was very much appreciated.

Team on the Rise
St. Louis Rams - Jacksonville has this locked up and I liked what Paul did here, deserves mention.

Team Built for Now
Seattle Seahawks - Houston has this locked up and Boik gets a nod for a solid all around team.

Free Agent Steal of the Year
Sione Pouha, DT - $600K - Chicago Bears - I like my fatties.

Draft Steal of the Year
DJ Hayden - easy with that value

Trade of the Year
Jacksonville Jaguars & Atlanta Falcons - has to be the big one

Best in Trades
Jacksonville Jaguars - I've solely passed them up so far because they had a stranglehold on the other categories anyway, and I'd like to take this spot to really give proper credit to that burgeoning monster. Shoulda let you trade up for Jesse though!

Best in Free Agency
Minnesota Vikings - VO and I are always after the same players, and Pittsburgh has this on lockdown.

Best in Draft
Miami Dolphins - the players, the value, easy pick.

Feud of the Year
The Kiper Brothers vs Mel McShay & Jason La Canglazer - this amused me so much because of how uniquely random it was, and since VanDolphan vs his small peen isn't an option, this is it. Sean vs schisno also was a blast.

Most Improved GM
Buckeye - I was torn between Sean and Buckeye but since Sean's pretty much got it anyway, it was easy to give Buckeye recognition. I'd give it to you both if possible. Glad you guys are starting to get more recognition.

Rookie GM of the Year
Die Nasty - since I have to pick. This crop was amazing though. I especially love the way the Niners, Giants, and Bucs did things. You guys got stuck in a tough year and I eagerly look forward to what you guys do next year and beyond.

Best Offense
Cincinnati Bengals - seems consensus

Best Defense
Houston Texans - sports really earned his mettle here, just top notch.

Best Offensive Weapons (RB/WR/TE)
San Francisco 49ers - Cincy's got this on such lockdown that I'll give a nod to WUIF.

Best Offensive Line
Green Bay Packers - deserves the recognition, excellent work.

Best Front Seven
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - this one is tough between SF and TB, but I'll just barely give the nod to TB who deserves recognition for what he did, especially as a rook.

Best Secondary
Philadelphia Eagles -while Seattle's D may get the edge, I feel Philly's DBs take the cake.