{"id":1868,"date":"2010-12-24T08:19:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2010-12-24T08:20:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-24T13:20:19","slug":"give-arthur-moats-the-rookie-of-the-week-award-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1868","title":{"rendered":"Give Arthur Moats the Rookie of the Week Award for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/AM.bmp\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1872\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=1872\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/AM.bmp\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/AM.bmp\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/AM.bmp\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1872\" title=\"AM\" src=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/AM.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>As commenter JMU Rugby mentioned, Arthur Moats is up for NFL Rookie of the Week again. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/partner?partnerType=rookies\">Vote here.<\/a>\u00a0This is Moats&#8217; second week in a row that he&#8217;s up for the award. Let&#8217;s get out the vote and make sure Moats wins this week!<\/p>\n<p>The nomination is recognition of another strong week of play for the linebacker. It was reported that he had 1.5 sacks after the game, but the NFL later went back and credited the half sack Kyle Williams. As ESPN.com&#8217;s Tim Graham explains, that might not have been a wise thing for the league to do:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The NFL has not announced it&#8217;s ceasing operations, but an announcement might be forthcoming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the league made the kind of decision it could regret.<\/p>\n<p>It crossed Arthur Moats.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NFL statisticians took away a half sack from the surging Buffalo Bills&#8217; rookie linebacker and awarded it to nose tackle Kyle Williams.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bad move NFL. Bad move.\u00a0You&#8217;re playing with fire Roger Goodell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D1868&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As commenter JMU Rugby mentioned, Arthur Moats is up for NFL Rookie of the Week again. Vote here.\u00a0This is Moats&#8217; second week in a row that he&#8217;s up for the award. Let&#8217;s get out the vote and make sure Moats wins this week! The nomination is recognition of another strong week of play for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[77,121,60],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1840,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1840","url_meta":{"origin":1868,"position":0},"title":"Vote for Moats!","date":"December 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"JMUSB favorite Arthur Moats got his first start of the season for the Bills last Sunday. He played really well in the game against the Browns picking up a sack and forcing a fumble. So well in fact, that he's been nominated for the NFL Rookie of the Week. 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This is just the latest action by Moats that should make us\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":650,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=650","url_meta":{"origin":1868,"position":3},"title":"Updated: Moats Drafted by the Bills &#038; McGee by Jacksonville","date":"April 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Arthur \"Da Body\" Moats got drafted by the Buffalo Bills with the 178th pick of the 2010 NFL Drafts. Moats is the first JMU player to be drafted since 2000, when the\u00a0Cincinnati\u00a0Bills picked Curtis Keaton and he is the 11th Duke to be drafted overall. It's a terrific accomplishment for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1793,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1793","url_meta":{"origin":1868,"position":4},"title":"Don&#8217;t Cross the Moats","date":"December 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"By now we assume you've seen the devastating hit that JMU's own Arthur Moats put on Brett Favre yesterday. Wow! It's never fun to see a guy get hurt, but\u00a0um, wow.\u00a0That was just brutal. In fact if you have a few hours to kill\u00a0head over to Mister Irrelevant and watch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/moats-favre.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":902,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=902","url_meta":{"origin":1868,"position":5},"title":"Moats Signs Rookie Contract With the Bills","date":"June 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"We've been busy at JMUSB headquarters watching the World Cup and continuously toasting Robert Green, so we've slept on some important and exciting news. JMUSB favorite, Arthur Moats, signed his rookie deal with the Buffalo Bills.\u00a0The contract included a signing bonus of $112,000. 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