2004 POTENTIAL MVP OWNER AWARD RECIPIENTS WATCH
Charleston Monitors QB Timothy Gordon STOCK: UP[/b]
Height: 6-3
Weight: 230
Experience: 17
Born: 7-26-1966
Contract End: 2007
Joined Team: 2003
Cap Cost: $9,600,000
Hometown: Fort Gay, WV
College: Alabama
League Draft: 1st round, 2003, pick 2
Honors: 2003 Solecismic League MVP, 2003 All-CFL 2nd Team Quarterback
QB Style: Short Passes
CFL Records Held
QB Rating/Season - 98.9
Stats
Code:
Year GP GS Att Comp Pct Yards Avg Lg TD Int Sck Yards Rate
2003 14 14 399 259 64.9 3018 7.56 56 26 10 23 141 98.9
2004 4 4 127 82 64.5 884 6.96 36 7 1 8 49 100.0
2004 Record: 4-0
THOUGHTS
Gordon continues his success this season. He has a 4-0 record in the toughest division in the CFL. He has been very
consistent and is on pace to throw only 4 interceptions this season. If this efficiency keeps up, it is going to be hard not
to look at Gordon as a candidate.
Tucson Toros RB Chester Brumley STOCK: DOWN
Height: 5-11
Weight: 200
Experience: 11
Born: 6-12-1972
Contract End: 2004
Joined Team: 2003
Cap Cost: $4,490,000
Hometown: West Union, IA
College: Toledo
League Draft: 5th round, 2003, pick 5
Honors: 2003 CFL Offensive Player of the Year, 2003 All-CFL 1st Team Running Back
CFL Records Held
None
Stats
Code:
Year GP GS Att Yards Avg Lg TD
2003 16 16 361 1349 3.7 31 9
2004 4 4 96 365 3.8 36 2
THOUGHTS
As Tucson struggles to win games,
Brumley's carries are going down due to the need to turn to the passing game. In
addition, his ypc is amongst the middle of the league. He has only gotten in the end zone twice, but fortunately he has cut
down on his tendency to fumble and has 0 fumbles this year compared to his 6 last year. The Tucson RB is 100 yards off the
pace of the league leader and quickly falling. He needs to have a breakout game if he wants to continue to be considered in
this group.
Portland Knights QB Landon Hurst STOCK: DOWN
Height: 6-4
Weight: 229
Experience: 6
Born: 6-16-1977
Contract End: 2007
Joined Team: 2003
Cap Cost: $9,600,000
Hometown: Gilmer, TX
College: Texas - El Paso
League Draft: 1st round, 2003, pick 24
Honors: 2003 CFL Championship MVP, 2003 All-CFL 1st Team Quarterback
CFL Records Held
Pass Yards/Playoff Game - 338
Stats
Code:
Year GP GS Att Comp Pct Yards Avg Lg TD Int Sck Yards Rate
2003 16 16 495 329 66.4 3827 7.73 78 25 12 33 207 96.4
2004 4 4 115 76 66.0 841 7.31 31 4 1 8 48 95.5
2004 Record: 2-2
THOUGHTS
It has been a rough two weeks for
Hurt. He has gone down in every stat category since the last MVP review was done.
He went 1-1 in that span, and threw his first Int of the season. His rating has dropped and does not appear on the way up at
this time.
Albany Engineers QB Rocky McFarland STOCK: STEADY
Height: 6-4
Weight: 240
Experience: 7
Born: 4-1-1976
Contract End: 2009
Joined Team: 2003
Cap Cost: $8,950,000
Hometown: Gilbert, AZ
College: Arkansas
League Draft: 3rd Round, 2003, pick 32
QB Style: Long Passes
Honors: None
CFL Records Held
Passing TDs/Game - 5
Stats
Code:
Year GP GS Att Comp Pct Yards Avg Lg TD Int Sck Yards Rate
2003 13 13 433 255 58.8 3059 7.06 54 20 9 52 315 87.3
2004 4 4 125 80 64.0 898 7.18 44 7 1 13 76 100.6
2004 Record: 3-1
THOUGHTS
In the last week
McFarland has had trouble finding the endzone, only passing for 2 TDs but also throwing his first
Int. However, his Avg has stayed exactly the same and his Pct has remained close to steady. If McFarland could avoid the
sack more often, he could increase his chances for this award.
Chicago Hitmen RB Arthur Brady STOCK: STEADY
Height: 5-10
Weight: 236
Experience: 4
Born: 10-12-1979
Contract End: 2008
Joined Team: 2003
Cap Cost: $2,810,000
Hometown: Alamosa, CO
College: Tulsa
League Draft: 16th Round, 2003, pick 4
Honors: 2003 All-CFL Owner 1st Team Running Back
CFL Records Held
Rush Att/Game - 42
Rush Yards/Game - 227
Rush Yards/Season - 1,721
Stats
Code:
Year GP GS Att Yards Avg Lg TD
2003 16 16 398 1721 4.3 50 9
2004 4 4 105 476 4.5 23 0
THOUGHTS
Brady leads the league in rushing and continues to show he is a reliable back. His average has come down a bit from
the lofty 5.0 ypc he had in the first two weeks, but that was to be expected. The big knock on
Brady is that he
cannot get in the endzone. He is the only RB with more than 62 carries that does not have a TD. It is doubtful that even as
the league leading rusher he will win the MVP award without improving his TD situation.
Honolulu Blue Pacific QB Ronnie Tu STOCK: UP
Height: 6-0
Weight: 221
Experience: 7
Born: 1-17-1976
Contract End: 2005
Joined Team: 2003
Cap Cost: $9,6000,000
Hometown: Soda Springs, ID
College: Fresno State
League Draft: 1st Round, 2003, pick 11
QB Style: Long Passes
Honors: None
CFL Records Held
Passing Yds/Season - 4,300
Passing TDs/Season - 32
Stats
Code:
Year GP GS Att Comp Pct Yards Avg Lg TD Int Sck Yards Rate
2003 13 13 433 255 58.8 3059 7.06 54 20 9 52 315 87.3
2004 3 3 80 55 68.7 643 8.03 42 6 0 6 36 117.8
2004 Record: 2-1
THOUGHTS
After missing his week 1 start due to injury,
Tue has lit up the league. He has the best Rating in the league and 2nd
best ypa average. In addition, he is tied for 4th in the league in Td's despite only playing 3 games and is the only
starting QB without an Int.
Tu is quickly making me reconsider my prediction for the final winner.
PREDICTION
I am going to stick with Albany QB
Rocky McFarland for now, but I am quickly losing faith in that pick.