*TIL playing Defensive Tackle makes you ineligible for Defensive Tackle awards

[Eldorian]

So I wasn't really bothered by it and thought it would be funny if Goat Tank would be mad about not getting nominated for an award. He didn't have as good of a season as he had in the past and I just assumed there were others who had better seasons.

Then today I decided to actually go look at the stats and was like, huh, maybe I am missing something here, because I think Goat Tank kind of fits somewhere in this.

So I did a poll in the couple locker rooms I am in by asking people if you had to throw out one of these stat lines and the other 5 get nominated, who would you throw out?



Goat Tank was C, and not a single person said C. Most said E.

Ok well, weird, maybe I'm on to something here? Are people just sick of the Goat Tank meme maybe? I mean, I get it if they are and that is fine. But I don't understand why.

That's when I was asked if I played RDT or LDT this season. And yeah, OCO played me at those positions pretty much 100% this season.

"Oh, that's why. You aren't eligible for DToTY because you played there"

Wait... what?

Literally - if you play Defensive Tackle and not Nose Tackle primarily - you are ineligible for winning Defensive Tackle of the Year. Goat Tank wasn't even on the ballot.

The more you know.