Saints Quarterly Election: Defensive and Special Teams MVP

…I have an alternative:

How ’bout we give the MVP to the ENTIRE UNIT, including GW?

They have played a whale of a first quarter of the season in every aspect, and while I would (and did) pick D# if we must single out one player, the fact is that without the coaching and the execution of the entire unit, he wouldn’t be having the season he is having.

why bother with the topic at all? The TEAM is 4-0. Offense, defense and special teams have ALL contributed to this success. Therefore, the ENTIRE TEAM should be MVP.

One small problem … there’s no T in MVP. The P stands for Player. It’s understood to be an individual accolade. So, while I agree with the sentiment of sharing the glory of a perfect quarter season with everyone involved, I’m going to stick to the spirit of that telling twixt O&Q consonant and rock the vote with Sharper.

we knew we needed an experienced, talented safety to help patrol our once swiss cheese secondary. we hoped and prayed that when we drafted harper in the 3rd? round a couple years ago that he might surprise everyone, but we all knew that wasnt gonna be the case. (im not even gonna talk about fred thomas or that OTHER GUY we got from the colts. i wont even say his name! and all of this is in parenthesis to imply that im not really talking about these guys)

but now greer/porter/jenkins/gay look to be capable…maybe even good. add DSharp’s watchful eyes and leadership and all of a sudden our secondary looks very “un-Saint-like”. this decent coverage gives BIG WILLY & CG an extra second or two and allows them to actually get to the QB (unheard of around here in the past couple years).

its all fun to watch…wish we didnt have the bye week so early…the giants are a real test…WHO DAT!?!?!!!!!

I had to vote for Sharper, but there is a strong case for “The Leg”. Those kickoffs in the end zone are huge. All of us remember when things weren’t that way, and teams were starting on the 35 or 40 yd line over and over instead of the 20. Happy B’day NY. And yes GSO they all are Most Valuble Players.

but maybe the special teams should’ve been a pick on it’s own? Jenkins and Morstead would be a close race i think. Jenkins has been huge in coverage and forcing turnovers. Also, Dsharp has 2 IntTD(which you mentioned) but the chart says 0. I like the nominess. Who would’ve thought that our 2 overpriced DEs would even be in that category. Also, I think that Greer should be thought of too. He’s been shutting down WRs on his side. He wouldn’t win but gets an honorable mention from me :D

Happy BDay NYSaint!

There can be a very convincing argument to nominate the entire D for MVP (the P can stand for players as well as player). But IMO Sharper personifies the whole attitude that Williams brought to this unit.

I see multiple ProBowl nominations from this group in the near future.

Even if he didn’t have the stats you have to believe he is out there making sure everyone is in the right spot.

Sharper is obviously the defensive MVP… at least as far as stats. I wouldn’t forget Vilma tho, or frankly anybody else on the entire starting unit or even most of the subs.

But I agree with the others that we should have a vote on the special teams MVP because Morstead and Jenkins both deserve a shot at that title.