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Complete joke IMO.

I'd put Leon, Revis or Jenkins ahead of him. WELL ahead of him!

I think Thomas Jones is worthy he will wind up with around 1400 yards rushing and Jets record for TD's in a season. It is not Jones fault that they do not use Leon Washington right. Jenkins has been huge but can not fight TJ to much.

Congrats on a great year TJ

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Complete joke IMO.

I'd put Leon, Revis or Jenkins ahead of him. WELL ahead of him!

Are you serious?

First, the PLAYERS vote on the team MVP.

Second, he's the emotional leader of the lockerroom (per the players as quoted in interviews).

Third, he leads the team in TDs (franchise record 15).

Fourth, he's the AFC leading rusher.

Yes, I love Leon, but to call Jone's selection a "joke" is crazy.

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Complete joke IMO.

I'd put Leon, Revis or Jenkins ahead of him. WELL ahead of him!

I don't agree with this at all. Jenkins perhaps, but even in that case the Jets offense has won a lot more games than the defense, so I can understand the pick. Leon or Revis I don't think are anywhere near being MVPs for this year. Be it his fault or not, Leon simply isn't involved enough in the offense to be considered MVP. While he's flashed during his chances, it hasn't been consitent enough to be considered MVP.

And Revis, for all of his individual talent and ability, can in no way be considered MVP. How can you justify a player being considered "most valuable" when he is part of the unit that is far and away the teams most glaring and often exploited weakness? The Jets pass defense is a disaster and while Revis may be the exception, I can hardly qualify that to mean he was the most valuable player to this year's team.

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I don't agree with this at all. Jenkins perhaps, but even in that case the Jets offense has won a lot more games than the defense, so I can understand the pick. Leon or Revis I don't think are anywhere near being MVPs for this year. Be it his fault or not, Leon simply isn't involved enough in the offense to be considered MVP. While he's flashed during his chances, it hasn't been consitent enough to be considered MVP.

And Revis, for all of his individual talent and ability, can in no way be considered MVP. How can you justify a player being considered "most valuable" when he is part of the unit that is far and away the teams most glaring and often exploited weakness? The Jets pass defense is a disaster and while Revis may be the exception, I can hardly qualify that to mean he was the most valuable player to this year's team.

Very nice post BG, the only other player I can see enter the equation is Jenkins. I can not see any argument against TJ. Maybe someone can say their should have been co-MVP's both TJ and Jenkins.

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I don't agree with this at all. Jenkins perhaps, but even in that case the Jets offense has won a lot more games than the defense, so I can understand the pick. Leon or Revis I don't think are anywhere near being MVPs for this year. Be it his fault or not, Leon simply isn't involved enough in the offense to be considered MVP. While he's flashed during his chances, it hasn't been consitent enough to be considered MVP.

And Revis, for all of his individual talent and ability, can in no way be considered MVP. How can you justify a player being considered "most valuable" when he is part of the unit that is far and away the teams most glaring and often exploited weakness? The Jets pass defense is a disaster and while Revis may be the exception, I can hardly qualify that to mean he was the most valuable player to this year's team.

Are you ****ing serious?

We would probably have the worst defense in the league if not for Revis or Jenkins!

Revis has been absolutely SHUTTING DOWN the WR's he's been on. He may be part of the unit that is the teams "glaring weakness" but he is the reason it's not the worst unit in the league.

As for Jenkins, take him out of our defense and teams would have been running all over us. There would be an extra blocker on every snap if not for Jenkins, he IMHO is the MVP of this team.

As for Leon I kind of agree, but he has provided spark after spark on this team and whenever he is given the ball (Which I'm sure you can agree is not nearly enough!) good things happen.

Sorry but I just don't think Thomas Jones is the most valuable player on this team. He's had a good season for sure but if you removed him from our roster I don't think we'd suffer too much while of you removed Revis or Jenkins I think we'd be ****ing screwed.

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Are you ****ing serious?

We would probably have the worst defense in the league if not for Revis or Jenkins!

Revis has been absolutely SHUTTING DOWN the WR's he's been on. He may be part of the unit that is the teams "glaring weakness" but he is the reason it's not the worst unit in the league.

As for Jenkins, take him out of our defense and teams would have been running all over us. There would be an extra blocker on every snap if not for Jenkins, he IMHO is the MVP of this team.

As for Leon I kind of agree, but he has provided spark after spark on this team and whenever he is given the ball (Which I'm sure you can agree is not nearly enough!) good things happen.

Sorry but I just think Thomas Jones is the most valuable player on this team. He's had a good season for sure but if you removed him from our roster I don't think we'd suffer too much while of you removed Revis or Jenkins I think we'd be ****ing screwed.

Who would make up 300 carries, 1400 yards and 13 TD's.

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Who would make up 300 carries, 1400 yards and 13 TD's.

Probably no one would make it up, I'm just not convinced that the drop off from Jones to Leon would be huge. Certainly not enough to make us a bad team.

As opposed to Jenkins - Pouha or Revis - Lowery. Either one of those would be a complete disaster.

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Probably no one would make it up, I'm just not convinced that the drop off from Jones to Leon would be huge. Certainly not enough to make us a bad team.

As opposed to Jenkins - Pouha or Revis - Lowery. Either one of those would be a complete disaster.

I agree Jenkins and Revis are huge and vital players to the NY Jets but this is not about them. Without TJ the Jets would not be leading or close to leading the NFL in points. Just because there are other excellent players should not diminish TJ contributions to the 2008 Jets.

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Are you ****ing serious?

We would probably have the worst defense in the league if not for Revis or Jenkins!

Revis has been absolutely SHUTTING DOWN the WR's he's been on. He may be part of the unit that is the teams "glaring weakness" but he is the reason it's not the worst unit in the league.

As for Jenkins, take him out of our defense and teams would have been running all over us. There would be an extra blocker on every snap if not for Jenkins, he IMHO is the MVP of this team.

As for Leon I kind of agree, but he has provided spark after spark on this team and whenever he is given the ball (Which I'm sure you can agree is not nearly enough!) good things happen.

Sorry but I just think Thomas Jones is the most valuable player on this team. He's had a good season for sure but if you removed him from our roster I don't think we'd suffer too much while of you removed Revis or Jenkins I think we'd be ****ing screwed.

I see what you're saying, but regardless...the defense still sucks with these guys on the field.

Jones has been our most productive player on our better unit. Leon could have been it, but I really dont see the problem with TJ winning it. He's had a very good year.

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Are you ****ing serious?

We would probably have the worst defense in the league if not for Revis or Jenkins!

Revis has been absolutely SHUTTING DOWN the WR's he's been on. He may be part of the unit that is the teams "glaring weakness" but he is the reason it's not the worst unit in the league.

As for Jenkins, take him out of our defense and teams would have been running all over us. There would be an extra blocker on every snap if not for Jenkins, he IMHO is the MVP of this team.

As for Leon I kind of agree, but he has provided spark after spark on this team and whenever he is given the ball (Which I'm sure you can agree is not nearly enough!) good things happen.

Sorry but I just think Thomas Jones is the most valuable player on this team. He's had a good season for sure but if you removed him from our roster I don't think we'd suffer too much while of you removed Revis or Jenkins I think we'd be ****ing screwed.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love both Revis and Jenkins and think they are fantastic players. But in terms of an MVP award, its not necessarily who's the best player on the team but again who's "most valuable" for that particular season.

As I said, Jenkins is definitely a very legit mention, but I think Jones got the nod because the offense overall has been much better than the defense this year. While Revis is a fantastic player, it unfortunately isn't making too much of a difference because while the #1 WRs are mostly non-factors against the Jets, other teams 2s, 3s, 4s, TEs, RBs, etc. are all still tearing us apart in the passing game. The Jets are one of the worst teams defending the pass in the league. In no way would I want to not have Revis, but if the Jets hypothetically didn't have him, would the impact really be that great on this particular season, considering how teams already pass at will on us anyway?

Meanwhile, while its obviously not all TJ's doing, our run offense has been pretty much the one and only unit that has consistently performed at a high level all season long.

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from NewYorkJets.com:

Thomas Jones Earns Martin MVP, Byrd Awards

Published: 12-18-08

By Jets PR Department

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The New York Jets announced their 2008 Team Awards today. Running back Thomas Jones was voted as the Curtis Martin Team Most Valuable Player and received the Dennis Byrd Award for Most Inspirational Player. Fullback Tony Richardson earned the Marty Lyons Award for Community Service, Safety Abram Elam was honored with the Kyle Clifton Good Guy Award and wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery received the Ed Block Courage Award.

Jones was named the Curtis Martin MVP as voted by his teammates. He has had a record-breaking year scoring a career-best and franchise-record 15 touchdowns, including a franchise record 13 rushing touchdowns. Both records were previously held by Martin, the team's four-time MVP.

Jones has scored a touchdown in eight consecutive games, also a new franchise record. A true team leader, the Jets are 10-2 in games in which Jones has scored a touchdown over the past two seasons, 8-2 in 2008. He is currently leading the AFC and is fifth in the NFL with 1,222 yards on 263 carries (4.6) and was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for November.

Earlier in the season, he became the 49th back in NFL history to surpass 7,000 rushing yards. Included in his 138-yard, two-touchdown game vs. DEN, 11/30, was a 59-yard scoring run in the first quarter, the longest touchdown run of his career. This score pushed him over 1,000 rushing yards for the fourth consecutive season (his second as a Jet) and marks the 14th time a Jets running back has rushed for over 1,000 yards in a season.

Jones rushed for back-to-back 100 yard games for the first time since 2006 when he was with CHI. He recorded his first three-touchdown game vs. CIN, 10/12, scoring on two runs (7, 1) and a two-yard reception, the 49th player to catch a touchdown pass from Brett Favre.

As the recipient of the Byrd Award, Jones is constantly cited as an example of work ethic on and off the field, as voted on by his teammates.

“He’s passionate. He definitely has that side to him. That’s just a small facet of how he leads," head coach Eric Mangini said earlier this week. "Thomas’ leadership comes during the week where he is in the weight room and he’s bringing a bunch of guys in there with him, or the way that he is working at practice. All those things that you can look at that are hard to do.

"It’s easy to give a speech at the game and get fired up there, in front of 70,000 people. That’s the easy part. The hard part is when you’re tired, when it’s 12, 10, 14 and you’re still being the same guy, you’re improving. You’re a veteran guy who is having a great year, but you’re doing all the little things that got you there. That is leadership.”

Tony Richardson was awarded the Lyons Award, given to the player who gives from the heart through charity and community involvement, as voted by Jets staff. Richardson is renowned for his dedicated off-the-field support to causes and programs in the community throughout his 14 years in the NFL. Also as recognition for his service, he was previously named the Jets 2008 Walter Payton Man of the Year.

He established the Rich in Spirit Foundation in 1999 to extend a helping hand in order to uplift the lives and spirits of individuals, with particular attention to enhancing personal growth in children. Since its inception, the three-time Pro Bowl fullback has personally donated more than one-million dollars and made more than 1,000 appearances. Most recently, Richardson hosted a shopping spree for Generations Jets Academy at Toys “R” Us in Livingston, NJ, in which he purchased $5,000 worth of gift cards so each student received $200 to shop during the holidays.

Richardson was named Pro Football Weekly’s “Arthur S. Arkush Humanitarian of the Year” in 2003; recipient of the 2006 OverTime Magazine’s OTX Lifelong Service Award; received the 2005 Distinguished Citizen Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice, an organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America; recipient of the 2002 Pop Warner Round Table Award; and voted an “NFL Good Guy” for five consecutive years by The Sporting News.

Abram Elam received the Clifton Good Guy Award as voted by the Jets staff. The award, in its 12th season, recognizes exceptionally consistent willingness, cooperation and professionalism in every day dealings with the various departments within the organization. Elam’s success off the field has produced results on the field as well. He was involved in a record-setting touchdown and victory against BUF, 12/14, when he had a strip-sack of Quarterback J.P. Losman which resulted in Shaun Ellis’ game-winning fumble recovery for a touchdown. Also against BUF, 11/2, Elam picked off a Trent Edwards’ pass and returned it 92 yards for a touchdown.

Jerricho Cotchery was awarded the Ed Block Courage Award. The award is named in honor of Ed Block, the longtime head athletic trainer of the Baltimore Colts who was a pioneer in his profession and a respected humanitarian. The award is given annually to one player from each NFL team. Courage Award recipients embody everything that is positive about professional athletes as they serve as inspirations in their locker rooms and constructive role models in their communities.

Cotchery, along with each team’s award recipient, will travel to Baltimore in March to receive his trophy at a gala and spend time at the local Courage House at St. Vincent’s Center. This visit and the time spent with the hospitalized children, allows each recipient to fully comprehend the true meaning of the award. Cotchery and his wife, Mercedes, created the Cotchery Foundation in January 2007, as a not-for-profit organization established to benefit underprivileged youth.

The foundations’ mission is to inspire children to conceive and achieve goals by providing programs and serviced designed to enhance their futures. The Cotchery Foundation hopes to plant seeds that bridge the gap between what you have and what you hope for, ultimately demonstrating that the two can be one and the same. Cotchery is also the team’s leading receiver with 63 receptions for 736 yards and five touchdowns.

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Sorry but I just [don't] think Thomas Jones is the most valuable player on this team. He's had a good season for sure but if you removed him from our roster I don't think we'd suffer too much while of you removed Revis or Jenkins I think we'd be ****ing screwed.

But the above quote is a far cry from your initial position that it's a "complete joke" that TJ won.

The Jets' players love TJ and he's the inspirational leader of the team. He also won the Dennis Byrd award, voted on by his teammates.

Here's the NYJ article (teamates' quotes in bold). The bottom line is that this vote was done by Jets PLAYERS, not the media, not the fan. It's who they think is their most valuable player. As such, I don't think you have a basis to criticize that.

TJ's Lifts Include His Teammates in a Great '08

Published: 12-18-08

Like a great prizefighter attempting to unify a weight division, Thomas Jones continues to collect title belt after title belt.

Only two days after NFL players, coaches and fans selected Jones for his first Pro Bowl, his teammates voted him as their Curtis Martin Team MVP and also as the Dennis Byrd Award recipient as the club

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But the above quote is a far cry from your initial position that it's a "complete joke" that TJ won.

The Jets' players love TJ and he's the inspirational leader of the team. He also won the Dennis Byrd award, voted on by his teammates.

Here's the NYJ article (teamates' quotes in bold). The bottom line is that this vote was done by Jets PLAYERS, not the media, not the fan. It's who they think is their most valuable player. As such, I don't think you have a basis to criticize that.

Okay, I'll concede that the "Complete joke" line was far fetched but I still don't consider him the most valuable player on the team. If the team believe he's worthy of the award then that's fine, I have to respect their opinion. But from my own personal perspective which I'm aware means jack ****, I'd rate a lot of players on that Jets team ahead of him in terms of value.

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Okay, I'll concede that the "Complete joke" line was far fetched but I still don't consider him the most valuable player on the team. If the team believe he's worthy of the award then that's fine, I have to respect their opinion. But from my own personal perspective which I'm aware means jack ****, I'd rate a lot of players on that Jets team ahead of him in terms of value.

Would one of those Favre? :rl:

I'm kidding. Jones deserves it as Jenkins has tailed off the last few weeks.

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Who is this scrub and what is he doing here? Seriously, Irish, TJ is by far having a better season than anyone on the team (Jenkins, too).

Who am I? WTF?

Anyways, I disagree that he's having a 'far better' season than anyone on the team. I attribute most of his success to the run blocking in front of him, which has been nothing short of outstanding. I acknowledge that he's having a great season but I would not for one second say that it's been better than Jenkins or Revis.

They're incomparable anyways. A Defensive Tackle vs A Running Back, how the **** can you measure who's had a better year anyways?

All I'm saying that I believe Jenkins is more valuable. Take out Jones and I'm sure Leon puts up pretty good numbers with that run blocking too!

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