July, 2024 Athlete of the Month

 June.

Simone Biles.  Runners-up: Bobby Witt, Carlos Alcaraz, Aaron Judge

Into the back half of the year, here are the current nominees for 2024 Athlete of the Year.  

Jan-Travis Kelce

Feb- Patrick Mahomes

March - Caitlin Clark

April - Mookie Betts

May- Luka Doncic

June - Connor McDavid

July-Simone Biles

All Time Oilers/Titans 52 Man Roster

 This is a pretty simple project; career regular season value only as reflected in the Approximate Value metric (no peak, no playoffs, no adjustments, no rate stats, it's super basic).  AV started in 1960, so for the pre 60s players I looked to the Hall of Fame, that's it.  Not complicated.  

It's a roster, not a ranking, so I'm not taking 5 quarterbacks, I'm filling out positions.  Also, I don't have starters, I don't really think this type of ranking facilitates that so well - at some point, I'll cut out the middle part and choose starters solely based on top seasonal performances (maybe)

25 offense, 25 defense.  Kicker.  Punter.  I didn't pick a 53rd person for the roster, figuring that needs to be a long snapper or some other type of special teams specialist.  

Okay - I'm doing starters, they're in bold, based on their top seasons.  And...I'm fudging a tick on the straight AV ranking, using some All Pro nods as leavening 

This is all through 2023. 

QB

W.Moon      

S.McNair

G.Blanda           1961

RB

E.George

D.Henry             2020

E.Campbell       1979

C.Johnson

WR

K.Burrough

E.Givins

C.Hennigan   1961

D.Hill

D.Mason  2003

H.Jeffires

TE

F.Wycheck  1998

D.Waller

C

B.Jones

C.Mauck   1977

G

B.Matthews   1990

M.Munchak    1990

B.Talamini

B.Olson

T

B.Hopkins   2003

M.Roos   2008

W.Suggs

D.Stewart

DE

E.Bethea

J.Casey

J.Kearse  1999

D.Floyd

P.Holmes

DT

R.Childress     1992

C.Culp     1975

A.Haynesworth   2008

OLB

R.Brazille     

K.Bullock   2003

E.Robinson

T.Washington

G.Webster

ILB

G.Bingham

A.Smith   1992

G.Boyette

CB

C.Dishman  1991

Z.Moore

T.Banfield   1961

S.Rolle    2004

S

M.Griffin

M.Robertson  1993

B.Bishop

K.Byard  2017

K.Houston

PK

A.Del Greco  1998

P

B.Kern  2019

All Time Steelers 52 Man Roster

 This is a pretty simple project; career regular season value only as reflected in the Approximate Value metric (no peak, no playoffs, no adjustments, no rate stats, it's super basic).  AV started in 1960, so for the pre 60s players I looked to the Hall of Fame, that's it.  Not complicated.  

It's a roster, not a ranking, so I'm not taking 5 quarterbacks, I'm filling out positions.  Also, I don't have starters, I don't really think this type of ranking facilitates that so well - at some point, I'll cut out the middle part and choose starters solely based on top seasonal performances (maybe)

25 offense, 25 defense.  Kicker.  Punter.  I didn't pick a 53rd person for the roster, figuring that needs to be a long snapper or some other type of special teams specialist.  

Okay - I'm doing starters, they're in bold, based on their top seasons.  And...I'm fudging a tick on the straight AV ranking, using some All Pro nods as leavening 

This is all through 2023. 

QB

B.Roethlisberger

T.Bradshaw   1978

K.Stewart

RB

F.Harris   1975

J.Bettis

L.Bell

R.Bleier

WR

H.Ward

J.Stallworth  1979

L.Swann    1978

A.Brown   2015

L.Lipps

TE

H.Miller  2009

B.Cunningham

C

M.Webster  1981

D.Dawson

M.Pouncey

G

A.Faneca    2007

D.DeCastro  2015

R.Foster

S.Davis

T

J.Kolb  1977

T.Ilkin  1988

L.Brown

J.Jackson

DE

LC Greenwood   1974

A.Smith

D.White

DT

J.Greene   1972

E.Stautner

C.Heyward  

C.Hampton

OLB

J.Ham   1976

A.Russell

J.Harrison  2008

G.Lloyd     

TJ Watt    2021

J.Gildon

J.Porter

ILB

J.Lambert    1976

J.Farrior   2004

L.Kirkland

CB

J.Butler

M.Blount       1975

R.Woodson   1993

I.Taylor

S

D.Shell         1982

T.Polomalu  2010

C.Lake

M.Wagner

PK

G.Anderson  1983

P

M.Walden  1969

All Time Jets 52 Man Roster

 This is a pretty simple project; career regular season value only as reflected in the Approximate Value metric (no peak, no playoffs, no adjustments, no rate stats, it's super basic).  AV started in 1960, so for the pre 60s players I looked to the Hall of Fame, that's it.  Not complicated.  

It's a roster, not a ranking, so I'm not taking 5 quarterbacks, I'm filling out positions.  Also, I don't have starters, I don't really think this type of ranking facilitates that so well - at some point, I'll cut out the middle part and choose starters solely based on top seasonal performances (maybe)

25 offense, 25 defense.  Kicker.  Punter.  I didn't pick a 53rd person for the roster, figuring that needs to be a long snapper or some other type of special teams specialist.  

Okay - I'm doing starters, they're in bold, based on their top seasons.  And...I'm fudging a tick on the straight AV ranking, using some All Pro nods as leavening 

This is all through 2023. 

QB

J.Namath  1968

K.O'Brien

R.Todd

RB

C.Martin

F.McNeil   1982

E.Booozer

J.Riggins

M.Snell

WR

D.Maynard   1968

W.Walker    1978

W.Chrebet

A.Toon

L.Coles

G.Sauer    1968

TE

R.Caster   1972

J.Barkum

C

J.Fields

N.Mangold

K.Mawae  2002

G

R.Rasmussen

D.Alexander   1982

D.Herman      1968

T

W.Hill  1969

M.Powell   1982

D.Ferguson

DE

M.Gastineau  1983

S.Ellis

G.Philbin     1968

M.Wilkerson

B.Thomas

DT

J.Klecko      1985

M.Lyons

Q.Williams   2022

OLB

L.Grantham   1964

M.Lewis          1998

R.Baker

C.Pace

L.Mehl

ILB

D.Harris  2009

K.Clifton

M.Jones

A.Atkinson

CB

D.Revis  2009

A.Glenn  1997

J.Hasty

B.Jackson

S

V.Green  2000

D.Paulson  1965

B.Baird

B.Owens

PK

P.Leahy  1978

P

C.Johnson  1968

All Time Patriots 52 Man Roster

 This is a pretty simple project; career regular season value only as reflected in the Approximate Value metric (no peak, no playoffs, no adjustments, no rate stats, it's super basic).  AV started in 1960, so for the pre 60s players I looked to the Hall of Fame, that's it.  Not complicated.  

It's a roster, not a ranking, so I'm not taking 5 quarterbacks, I'm filling out positions.  Also, I don't have starters, I don't really think this type of ranking facilitates that so well - at some point, I'll cut out the middle part and choose starters solely based on top seasonal performances (maybe)

25 offense, 25 defense.  Kicker.  Punter.  I didn't pick a 53rd person for the roster, figuring that needs to be a long snapper or some other type of special teams specialist.  

Okay - I'm doing starters, they're in bold, based on their top seasons.  And...I'm fudging a tick on the straight AV ranking, using some All Pro nods as leavening 

This is all through 2023.   

QB

T.Brady        2007

S.Grogan

D.Bledsoe

RB

S.Cunningham

K.Faulk

T.Collins

J.Nance     1966

WR

S.Morgan

G.Capelletti   1964

W.Welker        2011

J.Edelman

T.Brown

R.Moss          2007

TE

R.Gronkowski   2011

R.Francis

B.Coates

C

D.Koppen

J.Morris   1966

G

J.Hannah       1980

L.Mankins      2017

S.Adams

C.Long

T

B.Armstrong  1996

M.Light      2007

N.Solder

DE

R.Seymour  2003

J.Adams

B.Dee

L.Eisenhower   1963

DT

V.Wilfork   2012

H.Antwine

JL Hunt

T.Neville

L.Guy

OLB

A,Tippett       1987

W.McGinnest

T.Addison

M.Vrabel  2007

ILB

S.Nelson

T.Bruschi

N.Buoniconti       1964

D.Hightower        2019

CB

R.Clayborn

T.Law                  2003

M.Haynes

S.Gilmore              2019

S

L.Milloy       1999

R.James

F.Marion      1985

D.McCourty

PK

S.Gostkowski   2015

P

R.Camarillo  1983