New Orleans Saints' Final 2010 Offensive Player Grades

by Andrew Juge on Jan 15, 2011 6:00 AM CST

Below are all the GPA's for every Saints player on offense for all 16 games plus the one playoff game. Make the jump to see how they all stacked up.

My most valuable offensive player of the year is Drew Brees. While Jimmy Graham did have a higher GPA, he was graded with a smaller sample size he didn't contribute in the playoff game.

My least valuable offensive player of the year is Devery Henderson.

The Most Improved Offensive Player from 2009 is: Lance Moore (0.33 points up)

The Offensive Player with the Biggest Drop Off from 2009 is: Devery Henderson (0.67 points down)

Adrian Arrington: 3.33 (1 game graded)

Jimmy Graham: 3.06 (11 games graded)

Drew Brees: 2.94 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 3.18

Marques Colston: 2.93 (16 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.93

Lance Moore: 2.87 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.54

Chris Ivory: 2.83 (12 games graded)

Jahri Evans: 2.80 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 3.13

Carl Nicks: 2.80 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.98

Pierre Thomas: 2.78 (6 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 3.10

Jonathan Goodwin: 2.71 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 3.02

Heath Evans: 2.66 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 3.11

Jeremy Shockey: 2.62 (14 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.87

David Thomas: 2.45 (14 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.41

Robert Meachem: 2.40 (16 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 3.02

Jon Stinchcomb: 2.37 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.75

Chase Daniel: 2.33 (1 game graded)

Jermon Bushrod: 2.31 (17 games graded ) - 2009 GPA was 2.51

Reggie Bush: 2.27 (9 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.69

Zach Strief: 2.26 (14 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.31

Ladell Betts: 2.24 (7 games graded)

Julius Jones: 2.18 (9 games graded)

Devery Henderson: 2.10 (17 games graded) - 2009 GPA was 2.77

Tory Humphrey: 1.00 (1 game graded) - 2009 GPA was 1.67

Poll

Who Gets Your Vote for Saints' Offensive MVP of the Year?

Drew Brees

181 votes

Jimmy Graham

27 votes

Marques Colston

10 votes

Lance Moore

24 votes

Chris Ivory

58 votes

300 votes | Poll has closed

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I give Brees my MVP

if that matters for anything…even though he did through a *-load of picks this year..

by GRlZZ on Jan 15, 2011 7:30 AM CST reply actions

Brees got my vote also.Graham deserves some special recognition as well as Moore, Colston and Ivory also.

I guess I just have to get used to the “curve” nature of this grading system because as it turns out,, Drew Brees got a grade for the season lower than a B. And last year he didn’t even get an A. I would think last year he deserved an A for the season. For the Super Bowl, clearly he got an A but that was a once- in a lifetime performance (or at least a once in a few seasons), so I don’t think it’s fair or realistic that he should have to do that kind of performance to get an A.

Moore and Colston this year didn’t even get a B. I think at least Moore should have finished the season with a B… I don’t know, probably higher. Maybe a B+ or A-. He caught almost everything thrown to him. And, Jahri Evans made All-Pro two years in a row and this year gets a B- and last year got a B+. As I said, I guess there is a curve in the Grading – I just thought someone on the team should get an A and with this scoring system and no one will ever do that.

Guies I should just thinkj of it as a scoring system from 0-4.

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by Philinwood on Jan 15, 2011 7:46 AM CST reply actions

also, I thought Dave Thomas had a better year last year by far, but his grades don't reflect that.

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by Philinwood on Jan 15, 2011 7:47 AM CST reply actions

So what we should take away from these grades....

is that the team isn’t as good as it was last year. No argument here.

"I want to hand this trophy to the MVP of the Super Bowl -- and the MVP of the entire league.''
-- Saints coach Sean Payton, handing the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Drew Brees after Super Bowl 44.

by VAsaintsfan on Jan 15, 2011 11:36 AM CST reply actions