August, 2024 Athlete of the Month

 July

Katie Ledecky.  Runners-up: Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, Steph Curry

3/4 of the year is gone - here are the contenders 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

August-Katie Ledecky

All Time Giants (NFL) 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

E.Manning

P.Simms

F.Tarkenton  1967

RB

F.Gifford  1956

T.Leemans

T.Barber   2005

J.Morrison

R.Hampton

R.Johnson

WR

A.Toomer

H.Jones   1967

D.Shofner  1962

O.Beckham

TE

B.Tucker  1972

A.Thomas

C

M.Hein  1940

G.Larson

B.Oates

G

C.Snee  2008

W.Roberts  1990

D.Van Horn

T

R.Brown  1959

D.Diehl  2008

D.Riesenberg

W.Young

DE

A.Robustelli  1956

M.Strahan   2001

J.Katcavage  1963

L.Marshall

G.Martin

J.Tuck

DT

A.Weinmeister

K.Hamilton  2000

E.Howard

OLB

L.Taylor  1986

B.Van Pelt

J.Armstead

B.Kelley

C.Banks

ILB

S.Huff  1959

H.Carson  1986

P.Johnson

CB

M.Haynes  1984

P.Williams

D.Lynch

E.Barnes  1961

S

E.Tunnell  1952

S.Lockhart

J.Patton    1958

T.Kinard

PK

P.Gogolak  1970

P

D.Jennings  1980

All Time Packers 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

A.Rodgers   2011

B.Favre

B.Starr

RB

J.Blood

T.Canadeo

J.Taylor   1962

P.Hornung  1960

A.Green

WR

D.Hutson   1942

D.Driver

J.Lofton

B.Dowler

J.Nelson

S.Sharpe

D.Adams  2020

TE

P.Coffman

R.Kramer  1962

C

J.Ringo  1961

F.Winters

G

M.Michalske

J.Kramer  1962

J.Sitton  2014

T

C.Hubbard

F.Gregg          1962

D.Bakhtiari     2020

DE

W.Davis     1962

R.White      1998

R.Brown

A.Kampman

C.Williams

DT

H.Jordan   1962

K.Clark

S.Dotson

OLB

C.Matthews  2010

D.Robinson   1967

J.Anderson

F.Carr

B.Forester  1962

ILB

R.Nitschke  1962

N.Barnett

B.Noble

CB

H.Adderley  1962

C.Woodson   2009

D.Sharper

K.Wllis

S 

B.Dillon

W.Wood   1962

L.Butler    1996

M.Lee

M.Murphy

PK

M.Crosby  2020

P

T.Masthay 2013

All Time Falcons 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

M.Ryan   2016

S.Bartkowski

M.Vick

RB

W.Andrews   1981

W.Dunn

J.Anderson   1998

G.Riggs

M.Turner

WR

J.Jones   2015

R.White   2010

T.Mathis

A.Jenkins

A.Rison

TE

J.Mitchell

T.Gonzalez  2012

C 

J.Van Note

T.McClure

A.Mack   2016

G 

J.Blalock

B.Fralic      1986

RC Thielemann  1983

T

M.Kenn   1980

B.Whitfield  1998

J.Matthews

T.Clabo

DE

C.Humphrey  1973

J.Abraham   2001

J.Zook

P.Kerney

J.Merrow

DT

J.Babineaux

G.Jarrett  2019

M.Lewis

T.Hall

OLB

G.Brezina  1969

D.Hansen

J.Williams

F.Kuykendall

ILB

J.Tuggle

K.Brooking   2002

T.Nobis  1967

B.Curry

CB

R.Lawrence   1977

S.Case  1988

B.Butler

D.Sanders   1993

S 

T.Pridemore

R.Brown

T.DeCoud  2012

R.Eastering  1977

PK

M.Andersen  1995

P

J.James  1976

All Time Cardinals (NFL) 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.Hart

N.Lomax   1984

K.Murray

RB

O.Anderson   1979

T.Metcalf

S.Mitchell

L.Centers

O.Matson   1954

C.Trippi

WR

L.Fitzgerald   2008

R.Green

M.Gray

BJ Conrad

S.Randle   1960

TE

J.Smith   1968

D.Marsh

C

B.DeMarco

T.Banks    1976

G 

K.Gray  1964

I.Goode

L.Smith

B.Young   1979

T 

D.Dierdorf   1976

L.Sharpe  1988

E.McMillan

DE

C.Campbell   2016

FJ Nunn

C.Jones        2017

J.Robb

DT

D.Dockett  2009

B.Rowe

C.Walker

E.Swann

OLB

L.Stallings

K.Dansby  2013

B.Koman

EJ Junior   1984

ILB

D.Meinert  1963

E.Hill

R.McKinnon

M.Arneson

CB

R.Wehrli

P.Peterson   2011

A.Williams  1997

P.Frisch

NT Lane       1954

S

L.Wilson   1966

A.Wilson

B.Baker     2020

J.Stovall

PK

J.Bakken   1975

P

R.Camarillo   1992