With the regular season coming to its annual close and the Patriots enjoying yet another successful year, it’s time to give out some hardware. Well, not real hardware. But fictional, invisible hardware based on the performances of some of the members of this year’s team.
Players in all phases of the game stepped up this season and made it one worth remembering. It is time to reward the improvements that the team made following their heartbreaking Super Bowl loss nearly 11 months ago.
Special Teams Player of the Year: My first award goes to special teams captain and two-time Pro Bowler Matthew Slater. In 16 games this season, Slater has continued his role as gunner on the punt team as well as seeing a bit of action in the kick return game. A member of all four special teams units, he made 19 tackles while playing in every game for the second straight season. His biggest game of the year came in the loss to Seattle in which he made three special teams tackles on the afternoon. He had ...
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PLAYERS:
Matthew Slater,
Walter Payton,
Zoltan Mesko,
Rob Gronkowski,
Stevan Ridley,
Brandon Bolden,
Alfonzo Dennard,
Aqib Talib,
Chandler Jones,
Tom Brady,
Vince Wilfork
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