Brunell not considered as comeback player of the year

Despite the success that our team is experiencing because of Him

Is this your opinion or do you have a link to an article that states this?

It's opinion, Brunell was third in the voting.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=As3EBPfErwTQucBb2_8WpKE5nYcB?slug=ap-comebackplayer&prov=ap&type=lgns

I think Bruschi is well deserving of that award.

We'll see him in the Super Bowl.

I can't believe anyone even tied with Bruschi, I thought he would run away with it. The media just ate up his story. I guess I can't argue with it.

Considering the two guys that beat him overcame a stroke (to play well)and a badly fractured leg (to play at an MVP caliber level), I'm not terribly disappointed.

I don't agree with Steve Smith being on the list, since he wasn't actually underperforming. He was injured for most of last year. And while Bruschi's situation is a nice story, he only came back in the middle of the season, and it's not as if his numbers have been insane.

The comeback player of the year usually goes to a player that had a great year, but underperformed the year before, to the point where everyone thinks they're done. That's exactly the boat Brunell is in right now. He definitely should've gotten it.

It's not unusual for a player to win who battles back from injury. Bryant Young in '99, Garrison Hearst in '01, Marino in '94, for example.

In Smith's case he came back from a broken leg and had a career year, it's hard to hate on that.

We all know Bruschi's story and again it's tough to hate on him. Coming back from a stroke has never been done before.

I don't agree with Steve Smith being on the list, since he wasn't actually underperforming. He was injured for most of last year. And while Bruschi's situation is a nice story, he only came back in the middle of the season, and it's not as if his numbers have been insane.

The comeback player of the year usually goes to a player that had a great year, but underperformed the year before, to the point where everyone thinks they're done. That's exactly the boat Brunell is in right now. He definitely should've gotten it.


My thoughts exactly. While Smith & Bruschi each have nice stories, no one was saying that they were finished. That trading for them was the biggest mistake in Coach Gibbs carreer. He went from that to throwing more TD's in his carreer. Now that's a COMEBACK :towel:

Its hard to disagree with the choice but after how bad Brunell looked last year he would have received my vote. Just think how everyone and I mean everyone except Gibbs had Brunell in a retirement home and now he has the Skins in the playoffs.