Elvis Dumervil, fresh off a season in which he led the league and set a Broncos franchise record with 17 sacks, won the NFL Alumni’s award for pass rusher, as voted by former players.
Each former player voted for current players at the positions they once played themselves.
Dumervil finished the season with 49 tackles, four passes defensed, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.
He is joined on the defensive side of the ball by Minnesota’s Jared Allen, San Francisco’s Patrick Willis and Green Bay’s Charles Woodson. The offensive recipients of the alumni award were New Orleans’ Drew Brees, Tennessee’s Chris Johnson, Houston’s Andre Johnson, Indianapolis’ Dallas Clark and Minnesota’s Steve Hutchinson. On special teams, Cleveland’s Joshua Cribbs was the recipient, and New Orleans’ Sean Payton was the coaching award winner.
The 2009 awardees will be honored at the 28th Annual Player of the Year Awards Dinner on Feb. 5 in Hollywood, Fla. Each recipient will receive his NFL Alumni Player of the Year Award from a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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I am sure that JMac was close to tears after the last game and the loss of a play off slot effected him badly. He is a passionate coach and I think some of his actions would have been tempered with more experience. However it is extremely difficult to manage millionaire players who lead a warrior like existence on the field but can then move to a decadent lifestyle off the field. That is why it is important to sign players with the right respectful attitude.
Thanks for including my proxy to OC and Baylin. I have great faith in them and can only see good things coming from this meeting. I would love to see a picture of OC and Baylin with Mr Bowlen and JMac published on this blog.
Actually it is not as far fetched as some would think. I know Manchester United’s Chief Executive has close contact with the head of the supporters club and he answers questions from them on MUTV.
I know players answer questions on this site so maybe Mr Bowlen and JMac could answer questions from you all at the end of each season. That would be great.