Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman, Justin Smith Honored For Their Fundamentals

Being honoured for one’s fundamentals sounds impressively rude to me.

… but aren’t you supposed to tackle with your shoulders square, and lead with your chest?

i.e., not dive forward with your helmet? That’s why you’ll never see Willis get flagged for helmet-to-helmet.

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE‼‼

Eric Decker | WR | Denver Broncos | Catching with hands

Donald Driver | WR | Green Bay Packers | Catching with hands

…and how is Andy Lee not make this list? For that matter, the rest of the 9ers ST? I understand Devin Hester, but the rest of our ST are the tops this year.

Michael Robinson – FB – I do not think so!! How about Ovie Mughelli, or how about Vonta Leach?? You know the best FB since Tony Richardson in his prime!! Leach has acceptional technique and shows all the perfect fundamental aspects of the game, you would want to teach you kids. Shame!!

Second E.Decker?? Really? How about Larry Fitzgerald?? The reference catching with your hands and going to get the ball with your hands highlights everything about Larry Fitzgerald….Again….Shame!!

Also, Jason Witten is missing from this list. The man does everything almost nearly perfect. Without being gifted with the physical talents of say a Vernon Davis or Antonio Gates, he has made himself into one of the top TE’s in the game, through solid fundamentals….Damn Shame!

I guess they didn’t want to put too many 49ers on here, but what about Teddy Ginn Jr. and Andy Lee?? Yes Ginn was gifted with exceptional speed, but his ability to read his blocks and follow them are superior to most in the game, except maybe Devin Hester…ok I can possibly agree with that one….But leaving off Andy “MVP” Lee, there is no excuse, no Punter in the NFL executes every game like Lee does, consistently helping the 49ers win the field position battle, and last week pinning arguably one of the best return specialists the game has seen since the likes of D.Howard, Devin Hester, and Teddy. Lee has arguably the tightest and most sound fundamentals, for his position, of any player going in the NFL…..Triple Shame!!

If they would have named Sp.Teamers other then the K,P, and Return Men. One could argue there are 3 other 49er candidates that belong on this list, Constanzo, Spillman, and yes B.Jennings. Watch Spillman and Constanzo closely next week. Their play speaks for its self, they have solid tackling technique and maintain their lanes/assignments with the best of them. Also, watch how Jennings snaps the ball, sheer perfection EVERYTIME!! The easiest job, which can lead to utter disaster if a snapper messes up, has belonged to A.Lee. Instead of having to rotate the ball like most holders, Jennings has perfectly snapped the ball to him where Lee only has to set it down.Its sheer PERFECTION and quite beautiful if you ask me.

Those are pretty much my only complaints theres a few more, but I’ll leave those 2 other naysayers to point out lol.