It’s awards season and the Burke Report is hopping on the bandwagon. The goal for next year is to find a host to hand out this hardware—the Grammys had LL Cool J, the Golden Globes had Ricky Gervais and the Academy Awards have Chris Rock, so based on the awards prestige-to-fame ratio there, our ceiling probably lands around Randy Quaid.
Nonetheless, we press on with our first (hopefully) annual awards, a mishmash of categories about the 2015 NFL season and ’16 NFL playoffs, chosen in arbitrary fashion.
Time to open the envelopes.
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Most surprising player
Tyrod Taylor, QB, Bills
No one knew what to expect from Taylor when he landed in Buffalo, after four years serving as Joe Flacco’s backup.