Saturday, January 9, 2010

Saints Nation: Defensive Player Grades - Year in Review, Jonathan Vilma is MVP


My Saints Defensive MVP for the 2009 season is Jonathan Vilma. He didn't have the highest GPA, but I prefer his 2.98 performance over the course of the entire season than a 3.37 performance by Jabari Greer over just 9 games. Below are the defensive player grades for the regular season, highest to lowest:

Jabari Greer: 3.37 (9 games)
Tracy Porter: 3.06 (12 games)
Usama Young: 3.00 (3 games)
Jonathan Vilma: 2.98 (15 games)
Jonathan Casillas: 2.84 (2 games)
Darren Sharper: 2.83 (14 games)
Will Smith: 2.79 (16 games)
Roman Harper: 2.75 (16 games)
Sedrick Ellis: 2.73 (10 games)
Jo-Lonn Dunbar: 2.73 (4 games)
Scott Fujita: 2.70 (10 games)
DeMario Pressley: 2.67 (6 games)
Marvin Mitchell: 2.67 (5 games)
Scott Shanle: 2.60 (14 games)
Randall Gay: 2.60 (10 games)
Chris McAlister: 2.50 (2 games)
Pierson Prioleau: 2.42 (8 games)
Remi Ayodele: 2.38 (15 games)
Anthony Hargrove: 2.36 (15 games)
Malcolm Jenkins: 2.33 (10 games)
Jeff Charleston: 2.33 (1 game)
Kendrick Clancy: 2.17 (2 games)
Mike McKenzie: 2.13 (5 games)
Charles Grant: 2.08 (16 games)
Leigh Torrence: 2.00 (2 games)
Rodney Leisle: 2.00 (1 game)
Bobby McCray: 1.98 (15 games)
Troy Evans: 1.87 (5 games)
Chris Reis: 1.67 (1 game)