No Soup for Ware! Harrison wins DPOY

[50cent]

NEW YORK (AP) - James Harrison, the best player on the NFL's
best defense, has won The Associated Press 2008 Defensive Player of
the Year award.
The linebacker who had a career-high 16 sacks, setting a team
record, and led the NFL with a career-high seven forced fumbles,
beat Dallas' DeMarcus Ware in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50
sports writers and broadcasters announced Monday. Pittsburgh's
latest version of the Steel Curtain was the league's stingiest in
total defense, pass defense and points allowed.
Harrison earned 22 votes to 13 for Ware.

 

[TheCount]

Of course, your team embarassing your effort all year will do that, and the voting wasn't even close.

 

[DCBoysfan]

NEW YORK (AP) - James Harrison, the best player on the NFL's
best defense, has won The Associated Press 2008 Defensive Player of
the Year award.
The linebacker who had a career-high 16 sacks, setting a team
record, and led the NFL with a career-high seven forced fumbles,
beat Dallas' DeMarcus Ware in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50
sports writers and broadcasters announced Monday. Pittsburgh's
latest version of the Steel Curtain was the league's stingiest in
total defense, pass defense and points allowed.
Harrison earned 22 votes to 13 for Ware.

Whaaaat!..I though Ware would win this:bang2: :bang2:

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Toldja.

It's not about the best defensive player, it's about being the best -- or most spectacular -- defensive player on a winning, high profile team.

Said it many times before, but it amazes me that in a day and age when all kinds of stats and information are available to anyone in a matter of seconds, the media only gets more and more lazy and superficial.

 

[TD-33]

figures.

 

[zrinkill]

Good ..... hopefully this pisses Ware, and the entire team, off for next year.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Im sure he's disappointed, but these awards don't mean much as far as I'm concerned.

 

[thisisepic]

By the voting I wonder even if he would have gotten the record would he have gotten the award? I would believe 100% yes, but thats some lopsided voting.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

I remember a time when I really thought Roy Williams would win this award during his career. LOL.

 

[Tractor1]

figures.

Congratulations to Harrison! He was a leader on a team where defense made the difference throughout the season.

 

[Dcowboy84]

i actually thought if anyone would beat out Ware for this it would've ended up being Ed Reed.

Harrison seemingly disappeared for the last 3-4 games of the year.

 

[Stash]

So the defensive player of the year award has now become a team effort?

Nice work voters!

You should feel really proud of your efforts!

(if screwing it up and getting it wrong was the goal...)

 

[superpunk]

In a year, where Demarcus Ware ties the record for most sacks by a LB in NFL history, he is beaten out by a defender who did less simply because that defender plays on a better team.

Bravo Associated Press. Journalists continue to demonstrate that they know nothing about sports, and should not have votes for anything besides "Which stadium has the best post-game buffets to stuff your fat faces."

Disgraceful. I mean really.

 

[AmishCowboy]

Any of the Three, Harrison, Ware or Reed deserved the award.

 

[dbair1967]

Toldja.

It's not about the best defensive player, it's about being the best -- or most spectacular -- defensive player on a winning, high profile team.

Said it many times before, but it amazes me that in a day and age when all kinds of stats and information are available to anyone in a matter of seconds, the media only gets more and more lazy and superficial.

so how did Bob Sanders win last yr again?

 

[dbair1967]

Any of the Three, Harrison, Ware or Reed deserved the award.

Ware, hands down.

Should have won by a pretty substantial margin too.

 

[Aikmaniac]

What a crock.

This really tarnishes what is one of the top individual awards in the NFL.

I guess all of these awards will follow the way of Pro Bowl voting.

I agree with superpunk and Choc Lab.

 

[Hostile]

I had a feeling this would be the result. I don't agree with it, but I didn't last year with Bob Sanders either. So what else is new?

 

[LearningToFly]

Can't argue too much with giving it to Harrison, he made some big plays in big, meaningful national games (the safety against the Chargers, the forced fumble sack and TD against the Ravens, the two sacks and forced fumbles against the Pats in the second half).

Ware had an incredible year and would have been well deserving as well, but the only thing Ware topped him in was sacks. Harrison had more tackles, more forced fumbles, more passes defensed, and had an INT. I think he was the better all around performer this year, and did it in one less game than Ware (Harrison didn't dress Week 17).

 

[WoodysGirl]

It's all about media hype. Harrison was being hyped long before Ware's potentially record-breaking hype came along. And then of course, when the cameras were turned on him, the team came up small.