Re: Keenan Allen -- NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
Two points here:
(1) Can't really argue with the choice very much. Lacy had a fine year, of course, but wide receiver is a more valuable position in the NFL and Allen was arguably the main impetus in getting the Chargers back to being a playoff contender.
(2) Allen is seemingly a pretty good kid -- no off-field troubles, etc. -- but he's just a mercurial character, to put it mildly. The whole spurning-Alabama-and-going-cross-country-to-play-with-my-half-brother-in-a-terrible-program bit wasn't exactly the only time he's made some pretty rash decisions. For example, earlier in the year, he was unhappy with playing time in San Diego and nearly quit the Chargers to pursue a rap career. Again, seems like a good kid, but he's a pretty strange dude in a lot of ways.