Breaking down MVP and every other end-of-season award race

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Offensive Player of the Year

A tough one, but there’s a clear three to me at the top. Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown fell off a bit in the second half of the year but still finished with strong numbers, both in total and rate wise, but this top three is as simple as the top three players in yards from scrimmage this season: Miami Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill, Dallas Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb and San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey.

Hill was running (cheetah-ing?) away with this award through just about every check point this season. Likely falling short of Calvin Johnson’s single-season receiving yard record but currently sitting with 112 receptions for 1,717 yards and 12 touchdowns with a week to play. Hill will almost certainly finish with one of the most efficient and explosive seasons by a wide receiver ever. Since 2013, Hill’s 3.93 yards per route run ranks first. Like substantially first. See that dot that the yellow arrow is pointing to? That’s Hill this season.

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The average over this time period is 1.65 yards per route run. Hill has more than doubled that this season. The second-highest mark was Hill last season at 3.21 yards. There have only been five seasons above 3 yards per route run heading into this season since 2013. Hill is almost clearing 4 yards!

Hill has the highest rate of explosive receptions (gain of 16 yards or more) per route since 2013. His 9.9% rate nearly triples the pass-catcher average of 3.5%. I could keep listing off any of the crazy stats he’s put up that got him in the MVP discussion before people moved onto the next shiny toy. Tyreek Hill’s season has been insane. The way he manipulates defenses just by the threat of his speed changes the math constantly for the Dolphins’ offense (and poor defensive coordinators that have to figure out how to contain him).

McCaffrey has topped 2,000 yards from scrimmage this season and has been the workhorse for this 49ers offense…

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Publish date : 2024-01-04 07:16:18

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