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Reader input didn’t make compiling the 2010 All-AFC East team a simple process.Despite your tremendous response to help me assemble the quintessential roster, cheap jerseys from china I had to make an executive decision, break a deadlock, defend one of my no-brainer selections and throw out some ballots because of shenanigans.

In the end, we have an All-AFC East squad everybody should be satisfied with.We began the process a week ago,Puma Shoes, when I chose 10 players I believed were automatic. New England Patriots Jerseys The other 17 positions were for you to vote upon. You didn’t disappoint.There were some great races, most notably at left tackle and nose tackle.But enough readers made the case that Wilfork and Williams played elsewhere along the line so frequently that they should be eligible for some quasi position. I do appreciate the point.The Patriots’ official game-by-game player participation record says Wilfork started eight games at defensive end. Williams started every game at nose tackle (12) or defensive tackle (four).
I decided to add Wilfork and Williams as “defensive tackles” on a defensive front with New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis, who received an avalanche of votes. But I didn’t want to slight the No. 2 defensive end, Kendall Langford of the Miami Dolphins. Langford received a healthy number of votes. Too many to dismiss. Miami Dolphins Jerseys That left me with a dilemma: How can I honor four defensive linemen and still maintain a 3-4 alignment? I took the easy way out. I added a 12th defender. I’m not thrilled with my final decision, but it’s an appropriate way to give proper credit where it’s due.On the other side of scrimmage, Dolphins left tackle Jake Long and Jets left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson finished in a tie, forcing me to make the call. Each was selected to be a Pro Bowl starter. Long was voted All-Pro.I chose Long. He played hurt for much of the season. He slipped on plays here or there, but he mostly remained dominant.
A few readers took me to task for my coronation of Dolphins punter Brandon Fields without allowing a vote because Jets punter Steve Weatherford had a great season. Weatherford tied an NFL record with 42 punts inside the 20-yard line. He was impressive.But I found Fields more remarkable this year. He ranked fourth with a 46.2-yard average (3.6 yards longer than Weatherford). Fields’ net average of 37.8 yards was only 0.3 yards shorter than Weatherford’s, but the Dolphins were atrocious on special-teams protection and coverage. They fired their special-teams coordinator after Week 4. Replica NFL Jerseys Fields had two punts blocked and one returned for a touchdown. The Jets have venerable special-teams coach Mike Westhoff and sensational coverage men, as illustrated by four Jets receiving at least two votes for the special-teams position on the All-AFC East team. And it’s not often a punter is MVP of a game, but Fields certainly was against the Jets in Week 14. There were some surprises in the balloting. Bills receiver Steve Johnson ran away with one of the two available spots, but I didn’t expect Santonio Holmes to take the other one so handily over teammate Braylon Edwards or Patriots star Wes Welker.