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Well, thar be dudes to choose from this week.
obviously you want to give some credit to LeVeon Bell for getting his KC groove on. I bet those guys HATE him!
Then you have to think to yourself... Roosevelt Nix, Come on Down! A FB? Didn't the league outlaw fullbacks a few years ago?
And, although it gives me bowel pains... Todd Haley came to watch guys play! He called a good game. A damn good game.
Antonio? That was a hella catch. I mean a hella catch. Ben threw an ugly pass. It may have even been fugly. But you love you some juggs. And not in biblical sense. I mean maybe you like em in biblical sense to but I'm talking about the pass-throwin' machine. All those hours - ya. They pay off.
Mike Hilton... Dude - you're like that younger spiderman in the what, 14 reboot? You're young, energetic, everywhere at once. What's gonna happen when you hit NFL puberty? I mean other than your voice changing and your suddenly taking an interest in the juggs machine too.
Stephon Tuitt. Holy cow. The stats may not show it but I bet a bunch of those KC O-linemen know your number if not your name.
Mr. Heyward. Solid, dependable and just a brick in there. Nice. All around nice.
JuJu, made some clutch catches and he holds on to the ball. I mean he grabs that thing like it's the last piece of cake on the planet. Mine Mine Mine!
MB. I know folks are complainin' about you complainin' But when you get that ball on a slant in stride. Man it's pretty. It's so pretty.
Sean Davis... It's a joy to watch you get better every single week. It really is. And you were already pretty damn good.
The D in general. Wow. Just Wow! KC got their butts handed to them through 3 quarters. Course the offense wasn't finishing in the red zone. (stop me if you've heard that one before...) But still you would NOT allow the Chefs to even consider getting into that game.
But at the end of the day, I gotta make a call. You remember, the Rooney Award (by my definition - it's my award after all) is for the guy who extraordinary personal effort manages to propel the team (preferably to a win) in a given week and in a given circumstance.
In this case the defense had been amazing through 3 quarters, but the offense as we often see wasn't carrying their end of the bargain and as a result was not really putting any points on the board. As a result, KC was almost always 1 or 2 big plays from not only being in the game, but actually stealing it. That damn near came to pass. KC not only scored to come within 2, but they then scored a FG after Antonio's dagger TD and were driving with time left to steal the game away. And by that time, KC was playing with more confidence and determination.
Enter Deebo. Sure he was inactive for the last 2 weeks. Sure he'd played a few snaps in this game sparingly. But when the game was on the line and **** got real, the coaches pulled Watt and Dupree and put in Deebo and I think Chickillo. What's James do? You know what he did. First he dealt with 2 holds on the series that weren't called and then he put Alex "I'm going to get a MVP Award this year" Smith on his *** when the Steelers needed it most.
That my friends is the essence of the Dan Rooney Award.
Yep, LeVeon did more and I got nothin' but respect. Antonio made a HUGE catch to get the team that critical lead. But in absolute crunch time with the chips on the table, James pulls a straight flush and leaves KC with their 30 pts per game offense with a big ole case of the Harrisons.
Congrats Deebo. You earned it.
obviously you want to give some credit to LeVeon Bell for getting his KC groove on. I bet those guys HATE him!
Then you have to think to yourself... Roosevelt Nix, Come on Down! A FB? Didn't the league outlaw fullbacks a few years ago?
And, although it gives me bowel pains... Todd Haley came to watch guys play! He called a good game. A damn good game.
Antonio? That was a hella catch. I mean a hella catch. Ben threw an ugly pass. It may have even been fugly. But you love you some juggs. And not in biblical sense. I mean maybe you like em in biblical sense to but I'm talking about the pass-throwin' machine. All those hours - ya. They pay off.
Mike Hilton... Dude - you're like that younger spiderman in the what, 14 reboot? You're young, energetic, everywhere at once. What's gonna happen when you hit NFL puberty? I mean other than your voice changing and your suddenly taking an interest in the juggs machine too.
Stephon Tuitt. Holy cow. The stats may not show it but I bet a bunch of those KC O-linemen know your number if not your name.
Mr. Heyward. Solid, dependable and just a brick in there. Nice. All around nice.
JuJu, made some clutch catches and he holds on to the ball. I mean he grabs that thing like it's the last piece of cake on the planet. Mine Mine Mine!
MB. I know folks are complainin' about you complainin' But when you get that ball on a slant in stride. Man it's pretty. It's so pretty.
Sean Davis... It's a joy to watch you get better every single week. It really is. And you were already pretty damn good.
The D in general. Wow. Just Wow! KC got their butts handed to them through 3 quarters. Course the offense wasn't finishing in the red zone. (stop me if you've heard that one before...) But still you would NOT allow the Chefs to even consider getting into that game.
But at the end of the day, I gotta make a call. You remember, the Rooney Award (by my definition - it's my award after all) is for the guy who extraordinary personal effort manages to propel the team (preferably to a win) in a given week and in a given circumstance.
In this case the defense had been amazing through 3 quarters, but the offense as we often see wasn't carrying their end of the bargain and as a result was not really putting any points on the board. As a result, KC was almost always 1 or 2 big plays from not only being in the game, but actually stealing it. That damn near came to pass. KC not only scored to come within 2, but they then scored a FG after Antonio's dagger TD and were driving with time left to steal the game away. And by that time, KC was playing with more confidence and determination.
Enter Deebo. Sure he was inactive for the last 2 weeks. Sure he'd played a few snaps in this game sparingly. But when the game was on the line and **** got real, the coaches pulled Watt and Dupree and put in Deebo and I think Chickillo. What's James do? You know what he did. First he dealt with 2 holds on the series that weren't called and then he put Alex "I'm going to get a MVP Award this year" Smith on his *** when the Steelers needed it most.
That my friends is the essence of the Dan Rooney Award.
Yep, LeVeon did more and I got nothin' but respect. Antonio made a HUGE catch to get the team that critical lead. But in absolute crunch time with the chips on the table, James pulls a straight flush and leaves KC with their 30 pts per game offense with a big ole case of the Harrisons.
Congrats Deebo. You earned it.
