None of them had a valuable season after age 33, and most flamed out well before that.
The Indianapolis Colts' Dallas Clark had 100 receptions, tying him for the fifth most in the N.F.L., giving him the 10th most valuable season in the last 16 years, FootballOutsiders.com said.
According to FootballOutsiders.com, which performs statistical analysis of the N.F.L., the San Diego Chargers' Antonio Gates, who had 1,157 receiving yards and a staggering 14.6 yards per reception, had the most valuable season of any tight end in the last 16 years.
Even if one believes this, however — that there is little predictive power in clutch hitting statistics — one could nevertheless form a coherent argument that they deserve consideration in the retrospective evaluation of players, such as in determining who had the more valuable season.
"The move also allows us to send Declan Rudd out on an extremely valuable season-long loan to Preston where he can get some first-team football under his belt".
During his stint as the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Mike Brown witnessed two most valuable player seasons by Cleveland's prodigal son, LeBron James.
Wigginton has made himself more valuable this season, because he has shown he can play second base as well as third.
Adkins proved at Southampton that he knows how to get teams promoted back to the Premier League, and that knowledge seems certain to be valuable next season.
But Jeff Kent was chosen more valuable last season than Bonds, Piazza and every other player in the National League by the baseball writers yesterday.
Copeland said Kidd has been so valuable this season because he is willing to do whatever the team needs in a given game to win — whether it's shooting the ball, passing it or creating steals on defense.
The game will not be rescheduled, robbing the Lions and the Saints of valuable pre-season match practice, despite reports the clubs had made contingency plans to stage the match in Brisbane on Monday.
