NFL Honors Our picks for MVP DPOY Rookies of Year
Last week's kickstarted the NFL's postseason awards, with the biggest ones coming at the NFL Honors show on Jan. 31. Here's a look at my picks for the biggest awards. These aren't predictions, but my selections. I've ranked the top five contenders at each spot, but that's not how each ballot looks. Each voter only has one pick for each award, and all 50 voters submitted
Joshua Williams Jersey their choices before Wild Card Weekend. MVP offensive line Watt is a longshot to win the award, and there's . He was the , and enjoyed the best season of any quarterback since Rodgers' 2011 campaign. It's a worthy MVP year for him. With all that said, Watt gets my vote because he's the best player relative to his position in the league by far. He did as much as humanly po sible to make his team. The gap between him and the second best defensive player is enormous. I don't get too fixated on the meaning of "valuable" word or else it has to be a quarterback every year. Watt's the best player in the league. His achievement this year is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in football, and so he gets the nod.Defensive Player of the Year had the quietest 22
Damien Wilson Jersey -sack season po sible, but it was his terrific play against the run that reminded us of Michael Strahan at his peak. Sherman and Revis make it po sible for the rest of their teammates to do more. McCoy's consistently disruptive season got lost on a miserable team. Coach of the Year Arians wins this in a landslide. His ability to stay aggre sive on offense and make the smart game management decisions led to a lot of close wins. The defense survived a ridiculous amount of injuries. Belichick and Carroll deserve credit for maxmimizing
Kingsley Suamataia Jersey their team strengths. For some reason, voters of this award always want to give credit to a team that jumped from five to nine wins instead of awarding the best coaches. The postseason doesn't count for this award, but Garrett's fourth down calls against Detroit were a reminder that he has played to this ' team's strengths. Coordinator of the YearTeryl Austin Don't be surprised if Bowles and Arians comprise an Arizona sweep for coaching awards. I picked Austin for the inaugural edition of this award because he dramatically improved what had been a mediocre, inconsistent defense under (who did a great job
Sammy Watkins Jersey in Buffalo this year). Bowles is an excellent choice, as is . The offensive coordinator immediately transformed the ' running attack and helped to his best regular season. Offensive Rookie of the Year Anyone not voting for Beckham is just being a contrarian. He enjoyed one of the most dominant rookie seasons in NFL history. I'm not really smart enough to evalute guard play well, but enough smarter people I trust believe Martin is one of the very best players at his position and helped transform the ' offensive line. Hill would be higher if he got the ball earlier in the season. Bridgewater gets the final spot over because he handled the quarterback position like a seasoned veteran. Defensive Rookie of the Year This is a tough one. Mosley was an above-average starter on a playoff team, but he wasn't as consistently dominant as Mack or Donald. In the end, Donald's splash plays were too hard to ignore. It would be a surprise if Mack didn't make multiple s in his career. Donald'
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