Random Thoughts

I encourage all of you to take a look at the player rankings in our league for each position.  For those of you that don't know how to do this, you go to our league, select the players tab, sort by "status" (all offense), and then pick the position.  Finally, click Fan Pts to arrange them in order.  There are some really interesting observations to be made.
1) Chris Johnson was 98 points ahead of the next closest running back Adrian Peterson. 
2) In hindsight, the Johnson success makes sense with the reduced role of White that no one believed would happen.  That being the case, in my mind, Thomas Jones was the running back surprise of the season as the 4th best running back.  Cedric Benson and Ricky Williams both had great years, but TJ was simply consistently great and I thought for sure he was about to lose his job coming into the season.  I don't count Ray Rice as a surprise.
3) Jamaal Charles was ridiculous down the stretch, and I give him the "DeAngelo Williams' 2008" award. He finished ahead of Steven Jackson, DeAngelo, Forte, and Turner on the season even though he didn't really get going until Week 10.  Even so, he still ended up as the 9th highest scoring running back.  
4) The most disappointing running back of the year had to be Steve Slaton.  That's a no-brainer.
5) A-Rod (353 pts) blew away all other QB's this season. He was followed by Brees (319), Schaub (312), Manning (305), Big Ben (300), Romo (298), Brady (296), and Favre (293).  Although Brees and Manning did get rested at the end.
6) I'd say Warner was the most disappointing QB this season with 232 points.  This fell in between Eli Manning and Kyle Orton.
7) Andre Johnson is the man, but the WR surprise of the season has to be Miles Austin.  Austin finished #2 in the league, with only 9 points behind Johnson, yet he didn't really get a chance until his coming out party in Week 5. Even as great as they were though, they still didn't outscore the top 6 RBs.
8) Larry Fitzgerald and Carolina's Steve Smith are tied for the biggest disappointments.  They performed adequately, but the bar was pretty high for both of them coming into the season, and they didn't measure up.
9) As for tight-ends, I don't think Vernon Davis will go undrafted next year. He finally realized his potential this season as the #1 TE, although Dallas Clark was right there if Indy didn't rest their starters. 
10) Finally, the Defenses...I had the Jets (181), Niners (181), Packers (174), and Eagles (175) rated pretty highly before the season started, but not as high as the Steelers (129), Ravens (161), or Giants (110).  In my mind, New Orleans' D (173) was the biggest surprise and the Giants and Steelers are tied for the biggest disappointments.

I don't give a shit about kickers and I think we should remove them from the team next year.