With the regular season over, it’s time to start dropping some awards, as in All-Robio awards. Although, let’s be honest, based on all that players that are on this list, who use to be on my team this season, but aren’t now, I should consider renaming the award.
Two things…whichever team ends the season with a player, gets credited for his All-Robio award. Second, if you see ARP, it just means All-Robio award.
Colby is the king of ARPs this year. He has four in total, including two first-teamers. Overall though, a pretty balanced group. Everyone but Burrier had at least one All-Robio player.
Where did all the talent come from? There were not a lot of surprises this season. Eight of the 15 QB-RB-WRs were taken within the first 14 picks (Adams was the only non-first rounder of that group). Six of the 18 QB-RB-WR-TEs were kept. Two were traded for (Mahomes, Beckham) and only one RB-WR was drafted late (Conner), while only one non-kicker/defense was a undrafted free agent.
FIRST-TEAM
QB – Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs (Colby) | 426 PPG The dude dominated the league like few others have. He scored over 400 points in over half his games and failed to hit 300 just twice all year. He has 41 touchdowns on the season and nearly 4,000 yards with four games left in the NFL season. For a while, Todd Gurley kept up with him in the MVP race, but at this point, he’s the clear winner of the award.
Fun fact: He will become Colby’s second ever MVP winner. The last being DeMarco Murray back in 2014.
Second fun fact: After going 13 years without a first-team All-Robio quarterback, Colby has produced the last two (Russell Wilson last year).
RB – Todd Gurley, Rams (Marc) | 372 PPG In the era of passing, Gurley dominated for the second straight year, outscoring the next back on this list by over 600 fantasy points. He’s on pace for 2,200 total yards and 25 touchdowns.
Gurley becomes just the fifth back in league history to go back-to-back 1st-team awards. The last person to do it was Tomlinson, way back in 2006-2007. With this being Pattini’s second year in the league, Gurley is the first All-Robio player he’s ever had.
Fun fact: This is the seventh time in the last eight years the top pick has earned an All-Robio award.
RB – Saquon Barkley, Giants (Matt) | 321 PPG Oddly enough, when I first made this trade, I thought about making a rule change because at the time, Conner was first team and I didn’t think it was right I got credit for it. Then Conner sank, Barkley climbed up and I’m leaving as is.
Thanks to a solid finish that saw him go from third-team to first in the final three weeks of the season, Barkley officially earns rookie of the year, becoming the first rookie back since Ezekiel Elliott to earn a first-team award. He also became the first NY Giants to do it since Tiki Barber.
Like so many of the new bread backs, Barkley did much of his damage with his hands. He added 602 yards receiving to his 954 yard rushing, second in catches by a back only to McCaffrey.
For Matt, 1st-team All-Robio backs have become his thing. He has had three of the last four (and the one who wasn’t was on his team last year). Overall, Matt has had 15 All-Robio running backs (six in the first, six in the second and three in the third).
WR – Tyreek Hill, Chiefs (Don) | 261 PPG One of many former players of mine (traded him before the draft), Hill finished the season as the league’s top wideout, thanks to having the league’s top quarterback. He was actually fifth in receiving yards and 13th in receptions, but he did score a wideout high 11 times, also rushing for 118 yards.
For Don, Hill was his fifth career 1st-team All-Robio wideout and first since Calvin Johnson in 2013.
WR – Adam Thielen, Vikings (Rich C) | 242 PPG Like Tyreek Hill above, Thielen finished third-team last year and jumped up to 1st-team. Both were keepers. The Vikings top target began the season at the top, with 8-straight 100-yard games. He led the league with 98 receptions and remains second in receiving yards (behind Julio), scoring nine times.
Wide receiver has become sort of a sweet spot for Calderon. He has had a first-round All-Robio wideout in six of his last nine seasons. Dating back to 2008 (the first year he had a All-Robio wide receiver), he’s had a total of 12 that landed on the first, second or third teams.
TE – Travis Kelce, Chiefs (Colby) | 222 PPG In reality, there should not have been any question, but in case some still were not sure, Kelce has officially passed Gronk as the league’s best tight end after earning his second straight first-team All-Robio award. His stats were so good this year, he would have earned 3rd-team wide receiver. He’s on pace for 1,442 yards (which would be a record for a TE).
Like quarterback, Colby went 13 years without a first-team ARP at tight end, but Kelce changed all that. Add in Kelce in 2016 and Greg Olsen in 2015, Colby has had a All-Robio tight end at some level for four straight years.
PK – Jason Myers, Jets (Robio) | 125 PPG He hit 28 of 30 field goals, including five in week 13 to give him the top spot. Hooray for my late season addition.
DST – Bears (Eric) | 171 PPG The Bears D dominated, becoming the only defense this season to break 2,000 fantasy points. They sacked the quarterback 37 times, lead the league in interceptions (21) and touchdowns (6).
This is the second straight year Eric has had a All-Robio defense. He’s had five total in his career and three of those five were the Bears.
SECOND-TEAM
QB – Cam Newton, Panthers (Rob M) | 337 PPG For just the second time in his career, Masterson has produced a All-Robio quarterback. He’s never had a first-team or a third-team, but he did have Drew Brees back in 2013 earn a second-team award. This is also Cam Newton’s second career All-Robio award. He took home a second-team award back in 2015.
Speaking of Brees, Newton managed to pass the Saints quarterback by just 16 points after he had his worst game of the season (98 points). And like always, Cam did it with his legs. His 91 rushes and 45o yards led all quarterbacks and with rushing touchdowns, his running stats contributed to 28% of Newton’s fantasy points this year.
RB – Christian McCaffrey, Panthers (Rob M) | 307 PPG In just 12 games played, the Panthers running back topped 1,500 total yards, thanks to the fact he was first among all backs in targets, catches, receiving yards and reception touchdowns. However, he’s not some glorified scat back. He finished 8th in rushing yards with 863.
For Rob, this is the fourth time in five seasons he has had a second-team All-Robio running back.
RB – Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys (Bob) | 305 PPG With no suspension to worry about, Elliott returned back near the top. Through 13 weeks, he’s second in rushing yards (just 25 yards behind Gurley) and his 423 yards receiving are already a career high. This is his second career All-Robio award. He earned a first-team award two years ago as a rookie.
As for Bob, let’s not forget he landed Elliot in a brilliant trade last season where he gave up a back he wasn’t planning to keep anyhow and landed a second-team ARP. Elliot becomes Bob’s first ever second-team ARP and his sixth total ARP for his career.
WR – Davante Adams, Packers (Bob) | 240 PPG Like I told Matt, Adams was the better between he and Green! I’m always right, except when I’m not. Anyhow, Adams finished tied for sixth in receiving yards and tied for first in touchdowns (11). This is his first All-Robio award.
For Bob, this is his 12th All-Robio wideout since 2008. He’s had four 1st-team receivers, four 2nd-team receivers and four 3rd-team receivers since 2008. He has 15 in all.
WR – Julio Jones, Falcons (Eric) | 232 PPG In one of the strangest All-Robio award winners of all time, Julio Jones dominated all receivers in yards. He had 1,323 while no one else hit even 1,200. However, only three of his 86 catches went for touchdowns, the same amount as Rashard Higgins.
This is Julio’s fourth straight year with either a first-team or second-team award. Just the fifth receiver to ever do that. For Eric, this is his fourth straight season with at least one All-Robio receiver (Antonio Brown had three straight 1st-team awards the previous three seasons).
TE – Zach Ertz, Eagles (Matt) | 193 PPG The Eagles star tight end actually led all tight ends in targets (121) and receptions (93), but he lacked Kelce’s ability to eat up yards and earn red zone targets. Still, no shame in second best, one year after finishing third best.
While Neatock has never had a first-team All-Robio tight end, he now has two 2nd-teams and two 3rd-teams with Ertz and Tony Gonzalez.
PK – Wil Lutz, Saints (Colby) | 118 PPG An oddity in this day and age, where one kicker remains on the same team all season long, Lutz didn’t get a lot of field goal attempts (24), but he made almost all of them (23) and led the league with 44 made extra points.
DST – Ravens (Robio) | 151 PPG A 275-point outing to end the season put the Ravens back into second place. While they didn’t force a ton of turnovers (only five interceptions, and four fumble recovers), they gave up the least amount of yards (3,380) and points (241).
This is the third straight year I had a top-three defense, although my last first-team DST was back in 2005 (Bears).
THIRD-TEAM
QB – Drew Brees, Saints (Griff) | 336 PPG Mr. Brees had the second spot wrapped up until he faced the Cowboys, but luckily no one other than Cam Newton was able to steal a All-Robio spot from him. He finished with 30 touchdowns to just three interceptions, although his 3,262 yards was just 11th in the league.
For Brees, this is his seventh career All-Robio award. He has two first teams, four second teams and this is his first third-team award. As for quarterbacks with All-Robio awards, he trails only Peyton Manning who had 10 for his career.
As for Griff, this is the fifth time in seven seasons he has had at least one All-Robio arm.
RB – Alvin Kamara, Saints (Don) | 295 PPG Don grudgingly took Kamara in a dump trade last year and it paid off big, as the Saints second year back brought home a second All-Robio award (last year it was a second-team). While he certainly played better when Ingram was out, Kamara still produced 1,300 total yards and his 15 touchdowns were second only to Gurley.
Kamara is Don’s eight All-Robio running back. Five of those eight were third-team.
RB – James Conner, Steelers (Robio) | 293 PPG He sat at first-team for the entire season, then Matt traded him to me and he slipped to third-team because…why not. Anyhow, steppin in for Le’Veon Bell, he made the Steelers not miss him at all. He finished fifth in rushing and ninth in passing, finishing second in the league in rushing touchdowns.
By trading Barkley, I miss out on earning my first 1st-team ARP since Adrian Peterson in 2010. However, Conner is still my first ARP back since 2013.
WR – Antonio Brown, Steelers (Colby) | 231 PPG At times, he looked like Big Ben’s second favorite target, but a strong finish put a end to that and gave Brown his sixth straight All-Robio award. Only two players have ever done that before. LaDainian Tomlinson and Antonio Gates. One more All-Robio award and he owns the record for most by a wide receiver.
For Colby, this gives him four ARPs this season, which is a high and his 10th All-Robio wide receiver. For his career, he now has 38 All-Robio players in 15 seasons. His 2.53 per year is third best in the league.
WR – Odell Beckham, Giants (Bob) | 222 PPG Despite all of Eli Mannings problems, Beckham still managed to bring home his third career All-Robio award. He did it with only 77 catches, but he still cracked 1,000 yards and scored six times. Of course, it helps that he had 106 yards passing and two passing touchdowns.
This is the first time in Bob’s career he has had two All-Robio receivers on the roster in the same year.
TE – George Kittle, 49ers (Rich C) | 167 PPG In a year with few surprises, Kittle is the only non-kicker undrafted player to earn a All-Robio award. Despite losing his starting quarterback, Kittle remained the best receiving option in San Francisco. He caught 62 of 93 targets for a solid 14.4 yards per catch. The only thing missing from his resume are the scores. He only had three on the season.
For Calderon, this is only his second All-Robio tight end since he strolled through the Antonio Gates era (He got four first-team All-Robio awards with Gates between 2004-2010).
PK – Ka’imi Fairbairn, Texans (Don) | 116 PPG Added in week eleven, Fairbairn finished strong with 100, 140 and 270 to end the season, putting hm 60 points past Justin Tucker for the last All-Robio spot. He did this despite missing five field goals on the season.
DST – Texans (Jeff) | 139 PPG The Houston D didn’t dominant any one category, but finished among the top five in a handful of categories. This week five pick up was Jeff’s only All-Robio player. Jeff has only had nine All-Robio players and two have been defenses over the last three seasons.
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