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2005 Awards Voting

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NFL AP MVP Voting

NFL AP MVP Voting Table
						Games		Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Solo	Sk	Int
1	RB	Shaun Alexander	Seattle Seahawks	19.0	38%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	370	1880	27	15	78	1		0.0	0
2	QB	Peyton Manning	Indianapolis Colts	13.0	26%	16	16	305	453	3747	28	10	33	45	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	QB	Tom Brady	New England Patriots	10.0	20%	16	16	334	530	4110	26	14	27	89	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	RB	Tiki Barber	New York Giants	6.0	12%	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	357	1860	9	54	530	2	0	0.0	0
5	QB	Carson Palmer	Cincinnati Bengals	2.0	4%	16	16	345	509	3836	32	12	34	41	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year Voting

NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year Voting Table
						Games		Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD
1	RB	Shaun Alexander	Seattle Seahawks	34.0	68%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	370	1880	27	15	78	1
2	QB	Peyton Manning	Indianapolis Colts	8.0	16%	16	16	305	453	3747	28	10	33	45	0	0	0	0
3	RB	Tiki Barber	New York Giants	6.0	12%	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	357	1860	9	54	530	2
4	QB	Tom Brady	New England Patriots	1.0	2%	16	16	334	530	4110	26	14	27	89	1	0	0	0
5	QB	Carson Palmer	Cincinnati Bengals	1.0	2%	16	16	345	509	3836	32	12	34	41	1	0	0	0

NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year Voting

NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year Voting Table
						Games		Tackles			Def Interceptions
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Solo	Ast	Sk	Int	Yds	TD
1	MLB	Brian Urlacher	Chicago Bears	34.0	68%	16	16	98	24	6.0	0	0	0
2	RDE	Dwight Freeney	Indianapolis Colts	4.0	8%	16	13	36	6	11.0	0	0	0
3	SS	Troy Polamalu	Pittsburgh Steelers	3.0	6%	16	16	74	18	3.0	2	42	0
4	RDE	Osi Umenyiora	New York Giants	2.0	4%	16	16	49	22	14.5	0	0	0
5	SS	Adrian Wilson	Arizona Cardinals	2.0	4%	16	16	93	16	8.0	1	36	0
6	LCB	Champ Bailey	Denver Broncos	1.0	2%	14	14	60	6	0.0	8	139	2
7	RLB	Lance Briggs	Chicago Bears	1.0	2%	16	16	85	24	2.0	2	30	1
8	RDE	Alex Brown	Chicago Bears	1.0	2%	16	16	39	7	6.0	0	0	0
9	LDT	Marcus Stroud	Jacksonville Jaguars	1.0	2%	16	16	32	11	1.0	0	0	0
10	RCB	Nathan Vasher	Chicago Bears	1.0	2%	16	15	40	7	0.0	8	145	1

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NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Voting

NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Voting Table
						Games		Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD
1	RB	Cadillac Williams	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	47.0	94%	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	290	1178	6	20	81	0
2	WR	Reggie Brown	Philadelphia Eagles	1.0	2%	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	43	571	4
3	LG	Logan Mankins	New England Patriots	1.0	2%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	TE	Heath Miller	Pittsburgh Steelers	1.0	2%	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	459	6

NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year Voting

NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year Voting Table
						Games		Tackles			Def Interceptions
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Solo	Ast	Sk	Int	Yds	TD
1	LOLB	Shawne Merriman	San Diego Chargers	28.5	57%	15	10	43	14	10.0	0	0	0
2	MLB	Lofa Tatupu	Seattle Seahawks	16.5	33%	16	16	85	20	4.0	3	55	1
3	MLB	Odell Thurman	Cincinnati Bengals	4.0	8%	16	15	68	37	1.5	5	59	1
4	ROLB	DeMarcus Ware	Dallas Cowboys	1.0	2%	16	16	47	11	8.0	0	0	0

NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year Voting

NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year Voting Table
						Games		Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Solo	Sk	Int
1	LILB	Tedy Bruschi	New England Patriots	18.0	36%	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	2.0	0
2	WR	Steve Smith Sr.	Carolina Panthers	18.0	36%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	1	103	1563	12	0	0.0	0
3	QB	Mark Brunell	Washington Redskins	6.0	12%	16	15	262	454	3050	23	10	42	111	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	LDE	Kyle Vanden Bosch	Tennessee Titans	5.0	10%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	12.5	0
5	WR	Joey Galloway	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1.0	2%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	83	1287	10	0	0.0	0
6	wr	Koren Robinson	Minnesota Vikings	1.0	2%	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	1	22	347	1		0.0	0
7	rb	Ricky Williams	Miami Dolphins	1.0	2%	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	168	743	6	17	93	0	0	0.0	0

NFL AP Coach of the Year Voting

NFL AP Coach of the Year Voting Table
									Playoffs
Rk	Coach	Tm	Votes	Share	G	W	L	T	G plyf	W plyf	L plyf	Playoff Result
1	Lovie Smith	Chicago Bears	24.5	49%	16	11	5	0	1	0	1	Lost Div
2	Tony Dungy	Indianapolis Colts	20.5	41%	16	14	2	0	1	0	1	Lost Div
3	Bill Belichick	New England Patriots	2.0	4%	16	10	6	0	2	1	1	Lost Div
4	Tom Coughlin	New York Giants	1.0	2%	16	11	5	0	1	0	1	Lost WC
5	Mike Holmgren	Seattle Seahawks	1.0	2%	16	13	3	0	3	2	1	Lost SB
6	Marvin Lewis	Cincinnati Bengals	1.0	2%	16	11	5	0	1	0	1	Lost WC