vmax Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Mosley's pursuit of the Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year eluded him Saturday night, when St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was instead honored. The award was announced during the league's NFL Honors show. Donald received 25 votes in balloting from a panel of writers and broadcasters, seven more than Mosley. Oakland Raiders outside linebacker Khalil Mack got six votes, and San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker Chris Borland received one. Mosley led all rookies and Ravens in tackles with 133 and finished seventh overall in the NFL. He also recorded three sacks, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.Donald had 48 tackles and nine sacks to lead all rookies. He also had 17 tackles for losses. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-aaron-donald-wins-defensive-rookie-of-the-year-award-beating-out-ravens-cj-mosley-20150131-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varaven45 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Max, it's cool. CJ had an awesome year. Getting 2nd will keep him hungry for next year and years to come. Awesome year, CJ ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravnravn Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I'm with Max, total bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsylvester Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Come on, Donald was huge this year, 17 tackles for a loss, his sack numbers, the way he pushed the pocket so others could get sacks, tackles for loss. He was a monster plain & simple. MMosley as I have been saying ad nauseum, missed many, many tackles, made a majority of his tackles down field, because he often, usually, many times took the wrong angle, got caught in the wash, or tried to run around blockers as he did in college. Donald was the right choice in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmax Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sacks are important but they are over rated too......so Donald averaged about a 1/2 sack a game. Big Deal. Mosely had to cheat deep and back off the line to cover short to make up for a terrible secondary....so yea...there were tackles down field....and he was out of position for a linebacker.If he's on the Cowboys or Broncos or Patriots he runs away with this award...but he's on the Ravens, and there are a ton of Raven haters in the press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsylvester Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sacks are important but they are over rated too......so Donald averaged about a 1/2 sack a game. Big Deal. Mosely had to cheat deep and back off the line to cover short to make up for a terrible secondary....so yea...there were tackles down field....and he was out of position for a linebacker.If he's on the Cowboys or Broncos or Patriots he runs away with this award...but he's on the Ravens, and there are a ton of Raven haters in the press. Mosley couldn't cover a book with a paper bag. He was rarely in the proper positon or the proper depth on his drops. He always bit on the play action and as I said, while his tackle #'s were up, they were down field beause the secondary sucked so bad at tackling. Donald's numbers are more than sacks, he pushed the front line back on almost every play. The people who vote on these awards do so after they watch the tape, the all 22 tapes that tell the entire story and they know the game pretty darn well. Look past the bias for Mosley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercleetz Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Mosley couldn't cover a book with a paper bag. He was rarely in the proper positon or the proper depth on his drops. He always bit on the play action and as I said, while his tackle #'s were up, they were down field beause the secondary sucked so bad at tackling. Donald's numbers are more than sacks, he pushed the front line back on almost every play. The people who vote on these awards do so after they watch the tape, the all 22 tapes that tell the entire story and they know the game pretty darn well. Look past the bias for Mosley.PFF still had him as a top ten ILB in the league. https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/01/12/2014-pff-defensive-rookie-of-the-year/ Seems like the AP got it right with Donald. PFF didn't even have Mosley rated as the highest rookie ILB (second). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varaven45 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 After all the smoke clears on this award, I think we all can simply say Mosely had an awesome year, he's a great kid with a bright future. Go Ravens ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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