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Comeback Player of the Year  NFL fans have a short-term memory.
We're all guilty of it. We manage to remember the misery and the
embarrassment and have a tendency to dismiss players after
tumultuous seasons and rough patches.  Poor performances end up
becoming more significant than the style of play that made
athletes the cornerstones of our favorite organizations.  With a
game like football, and in a league like the NFL, history has
taught us that a short-term memory is the most dangerous thing
to approach the game with. And the first two weeks of the 2008
season have solidified that point.  Compiling this list was
difficult. Deciding which players have re-emerged as the
difference-makers for their teams was a daunting task.  J.T.
O'Sullivan of the San Francisco 49ers could be worthy of
recognition, but it could also be argued that he has to have
been here in order to come back. His car