Tommy Maddox Wins Weekly Hard Hat Award (Game #17, vs. Cleveland.)
QB Tommy Maddox is the winner of our weekly Hard Hat Award, given to the Stiller player who best embodies the iron-tough, hard-as-steel attitude of the steel workers inside the blast furnace of a still mill.
If you watched the game, then you understand why little more need be said about Tommy�s performance.� As I alluded to in last week�s HH column, Tommy Maddox becomes more and more Montana-like with each passing game (pun most definitely intended).� He wins pretty and he wins ugly.� But, regardless of how he does it, he WINS, more often than not.� In his heyday with the 49ers, no lead was ever safe against Montana.� So it was this Sunday with Maddox against the hated Browns.� Maddox, in as much as it is possible in the ultimate team game that is football, won that game single handedly (or should I say single arm-edly?).� His will to win is why Stiller fans worldwide were delirious this afternoon around 4 pm.� Granted, he had some help from Ward, Plax, ARE and his TE�s, but make no mistake about it, Maddox was the driving force that produced the thrilling, come from behind victory to crush the hopes of clowns fans everywhere.� Not Cowher nor Mularkey, not Zeroue nor Fu, not Porter nor Bell nor the D-line.� Maddox.� All Hail the TRUE gunslinger of the AFC North:
The Mad Ox himself, Tommy �TommyGuns� Maddox.
If you did NOT watch the game, then shame on you!� What kind of Stiller fan are you anyway?
Kudos to Tommy for winning the weekly Hard Hat Award.� Wear it proudly, Tommy!!
Note: Honorable mention goes to LB Kendrell Bell for his hard-hitting, gutsy play all afternoon.� Sorry KB, but this one goes to Tommy alone.� We are sure you understand why.� Get well soon, we are going to need you against Tennessee.
(note: all stats used in this report come from careful reading of the official play-by-play at NFL.com. We here at Stillers.com NEVER rely on the notoriously inaccurate box scores posted on that site or any other.)
Previous Winners in 2002:
Game #16, vs. Baltimore: RB Amos Zeroue and QB Tommy Maddox
Game #15, at Tampa Bay: LB Kendrell Bell
Game #14, vs. Carolina: DE Aaron Smith
Game #13, vs. Houston: No winner
Game #12, @ Jacksonville: K Jeff Reed and RB Jerome Bettis
Game #11, vs. Cincinnati: K Jeff Reed and QB Kordell Stewart
Game #10, @ Tennessee: WR Hines Ward
Game #9, vs. Atlanta: LB Joey Porter
Game #8, @ Cleveland: RB Amos Zeroue
Game #7, @ Baltimore: C Chukky Okobi
Game #6, vs. Indianapolis: S Mike Logan
Game #5, @ Cincinnati: DE Rodney Bailey
Game #4, @ New Orleans: OG Alan Faneca
Game #3, vs. Cleveland: QB Tommy Maddox
Game #2, vs. Oakland: LB Joey Porter
Game #1, @ New England: No winner, due to total lack of Hard Hat-qualifying play.