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Comeback Player of the Year

Buccaneers QB Bobby Reid

Drafted 9th overall way back in S5 by the Rams to be Jake Delhomme's eventual successor. He got his shot in S7 and was promising only for the Rams to then select Ryan Tannehill in S7 2nd overall. It ended up being the right move for St. Louis, but Reid's future was murky. He spent some time as a free agent, signed a multi-year deal with the Titans, elevated them to their best offensive ranking up to that point but was let go when new management took over. Spending more years as a free agent, he latched onto the Steelers and was absymal there. He signed a multi-year deal with the Buccaneers expecting to finish his career there backing up #1 overall pick Trevor Largent. Reid shockingly won the preseason battle in both Largent and his second year in Tampa, and the veteran scrambler once again elevated the offense to heights that that they haven't seen since the Tom Brady days (yes Tom Brady spent most of his B8NFLL career as a Buc) as he had a career high 80.5 passer rating and nearly a 3:1 TD:INT ratio and chipped in 672 yards on the ground.

Bears WR Willie Snead

After a promising third season that saw Snead produce 828 yards and 7 TDs, the former 1st rounder by the club had S15 fourth season totally wiped out after they traded two firsts for QB Teddy Bridgewater. With the two playing together for the first time, their connections was excellent as Snead tied for the league lead in receptions (92) and TD receptions (11) and was third in receiving yards (1109) as both he and Bridgewater are up for awards and the Bears are in the playoffs for the first time in B8NFLL history.

Bills LT Garret Bolles

The Bills used the 8th overall pick on Bolles in the S13 draft, and while his career ratio of 32 blocks against 1 sack entering the season showed he was worthy of his draft spot, he was just always injured. He lost his entire rookie season, lost 10 games in his second, and played just three as a backup in his third. After Buffalo let Alex Barron walk as a free agent after 15 seasons with the team, Bolles was given another opportunity to seize a future as a starter for the Bills, and he took advantage of it. Starting in 15 games, he produced 61 blocks against 5 sacks allowed as he helped the Bills to be within one game of a playoff spot.

Washington ROLB Shaq Thompson

Coming off of consecutive playoff appearances in S13 and S14, Thompson was expected to be one of the focal points of Washington's defense in S15, but he was out for the season before it even began as the defense and team crumbled. Back for S16, he set career highs in tackles (118 vs 81 previous best), sacks (7 vs 5), and FRs (5 vs 2) while chipping in 2 INTs and a FF and more importantly an incredible three defensive TDs as he helped the defense rebound to just outside of the Top 10 and dethroning the Cowboys as NFC East champs in spite of an injury-riddled offense being led by QBs with no prior regular season experience and a 32-year-old unknown HB that had eclipsed 100 yards only once in the previous five seasons.

Seahawks LE Brick Massey

In his first season with the Seahawks as a big free agent prize, the pass-rushing specialist Massey gave them 5 tackles and 3 sacks in 16 starts. He seriously made one play every two games. How is that even possible? Season two went a lot better for him and the defense as he had 30 tackles, 12 sacks and a pair of FFs+FRs as he helped the Seahawks D rise to the top half of the league for the first time since maybe the Carson Palmer era (that was a long time ago since this is Kirk Cousin's 7th year as a starter for them).