Since doing a player for every position is hard enough I have decided to split this one up into two different entries. One for offense and another for defense, and today I will tackle the offensive side of the ball. Not offensive line though, I plan on writing another blog on the best offensive and defensive fronts in football later.
At Quarterback usually I would say one single name "Manning." What's crazy about it is that when you do that no one ever makes the mistake of saying "Eli" right back to you because they already know. But this year it's Tom Brady. I have one quote to tell everyone why. 'Leadership is influence concentrated." John C. Maxwell more than likely wasn't talking about Brady when he said this but it holds true though.
I am proud to say that the leading rusher in the league is a Texan. Arian Foster still isn't quite a household name but he is a great runner. His one cut style of running compliments the Texans really well. And it's hard to really stop an offense with great running and passing though the Texans record doesn't show it.
At wide receiver I am taking someone who didn't lead the league but has shown consistency over the last 4 years of play. "The Natrual" Andre Johnson. I think it's one of the best nicknames in football. After becoming the first player since Jerry Rice to lead the league in consecutive seasons he isn't far off doing it again this season. Even after missing two games he is only 160 yards off the lead. He showed game in and game out what he brings to the table bringing in the biggest catch of his short career in Washington to force overtime and eventually win the game. This was a no brainer to me because of the players in front of him in stats. Besides Reggie Wayne and Roddy White who I believe are great players they both have advantages over Johnson. Better teams and I hate to say better quaterback play. The other player was Branon Lloyd of teh Bronco's and they only threw the ball the whole saeson until Tim Tebow became their starter. Which explained Kyle Orton's ridiculous start of the season.
The best tight end in football this year was a suprise to some people but not me so much. He had an unbelievable season last year and hasn't really let up since. Vernon Davis is tied in receptions by a tight end with one other player. This stat blew me away though, he has 818 yards and that's 144 yards more than a person who has the same amount of touches. That means when Davis touches the ball things happen in the Forty Niner's offense.
At fullback I am taking a player that just meant more to there team than any other fullback did. Mike Tolbert of the San Diego Chargers was huge this season for them. After Ryan Mathews went down the team knew they didn't have an every down back in Darren Sproles and were curious to see if Tolbert was up to the task. He most definately was, racking up more yards than anyone else in the backfield. He has 735 rushing yards this season and has been the workhorse of the Chargers offense.
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