welcome the star of the upcoming film The Incredible Bert Wonderstone Steve [Music] Carell thank you I was invited here this evening to present the nfl.com fantasy football player of the year this is both an honor and a contractual obligation what is fantasy football some might dismiss it as a game played by marginal overweight middle-aged men a slightly nerdier version of Dungeons and Dragons I disagree it is a much nerdier version of Dungeons and Dragons fantasy football empowers fans to do things they never thought possible it's become a national Pastime a National Institution a way in which spouses can spend quality time away from each other and adults everywhere can revert back to the juvenile behavior that made this country great ah the subtle intricacies of fantasy football Layman often underestimate the analysis requir do I take a player a couple of months removed from having his knee completely rebuilt there's no way that that guy is going to score any points it's crazy talk it's Insanity don't even know why I said it is that running back too small is that wide receiver too small is the tight end too polish but enough about the Patriots I'm here to introduce the fantasy player of the year not to be confused with the sexual fantasy player of the year won in a separate ceremony by Matt Shop let's take a look at this season's top contenders Tom Brady LED all players with 32.9 to points score double digit points every week of the Season Adrien Peterson scored 65% more points than the average running back in the fantasy playoffs averaged 21.7 points per game Calvin Johnson had an NFL record 1,964 receiving yards LED all wide receivers in scoring while averaging 14.21 points per game Tony Gonzalez LED tight ends with 136 6.90 points scored the most points in Fantasy Versus his average draft position Steven gusowski LED all kickers in scoring with 29 field goals and 66 extra points had double digit points in 10 games Chicago Bears defense and special teams scored 213 points and led the league with 10 defensive touchdowns [Applause] the 2012 nfl.com fantasy player of the year is the remarkable athlete who was on more Championship rosters than any other and that player is Adrien Peterson thank you thank you thank you um you know it's pretty cool to be you know accepting this award um all the time whether it's Twitter whether it's out I'm always hearing fans talking about thank you so much Adrian for helping me win this Fantasy game this week so many times I've heard people just thank me for winning um helping them win their Championship so when I heard about this award I was like you know you know what I think I might I might have a pretty good chance winning that cuz I've heard it several times so that's pretty cool and you know just for them taking that chance to select me you know and seriously Ser like seriously you know coming off the ACL a lot of guys doubted me a lot of people doubted me and I just want to say to all the people that selected me in their fantasy football league that hey thank you for believing now I can share this with you on Twitter God bless