01-03-2022, 04:17 PM
I think Chase, Burrow and ZT should all win the latter 3 awards. MVP is Rodgers' though, in my opinion.
Burrow is not only coming back from a worse injury (multiple ligament tears and potential structural knee damage vs a fractured and dislocated ankle) on a shorter time line (Dak was injured October 11th, Burrow was injured November 22nd), but he's also had better stats (389 of 569, 68.4% 4154, 7.3 ypa, 32 TD, 10 INT, 100.9 QB Rating vs 366 of 520, 70.4% 4611, 8.9 ypa, 34 TD, 14 INT, 108.3 QB rating) and has led his team farther than expected (Dallas was expected to compete for the playoffs and potentially the super bowl, the Bengals were expected to bottom out the AFC North). I don't even think it's a contest, to be honest. The only reason to give Dak that award over Joe is big city bias.
For Chase vs Mac, Chase is breaking records, Mac isn't. That alone is enough of an argument. He is doing things only 1 or 2 players have ever done, whereas Mac is just, you know...fine. Good for a rookie but nowhere near as good as Chase. Last year, the excuse that was given for Herbert winning it over Jefferson was that Herbert was also breaking records. That isn't the case this year and Chase has unequivocally outperformed Jefferson's season last year. If they give this award to Mac, they should just rename the award "Rookie Quarterback of the year" because it will have lost all meaning.
As for Coach of the year, I think this award is about exceeding expectations. If it was strictly about success (which would be the case if they gave it to Lafleur), then they'd just award it to the super bowl champion (or one of the #1 seed teams) coach every year. Marvin Lewis won the award in 2009 because he took a 4-11-1 team and made the playoffs the following year. Like with Burrow, taking a team that people were predicting to be at the bottom of the AFC north and winning the division with them is what this award is all about, in my opinion. Kevan Stefanski in 2020, John Harbaugh in 2019, Matt Nagy in 2018, Sean McVay in 2017, Jason Garrett in 2016, Ron Rivera in 2015 etc. Almost all of these coaches were awarded because they exceeded expectations, not because they met already high expectations.
Burrow is not only coming back from a worse injury (multiple ligament tears and potential structural knee damage vs a fractured and dislocated ankle) on a shorter time line (Dak was injured October 11th, Burrow was injured November 22nd), but he's also had better stats (389 of 569, 68.4% 4154, 7.3 ypa, 32 TD, 10 INT, 100.9 QB Rating vs 366 of 520, 70.4% 4611, 8.9 ypa, 34 TD, 14 INT, 108.3 QB rating) and has led his team farther than expected (Dallas was expected to compete for the playoffs and potentially the super bowl, the Bengals were expected to bottom out the AFC North). I don't even think it's a contest, to be honest. The only reason to give Dak that award over Joe is big city bias.
For Chase vs Mac, Chase is breaking records, Mac isn't. That alone is enough of an argument. He is doing things only 1 or 2 players have ever done, whereas Mac is just, you know...fine. Good for a rookie but nowhere near as good as Chase. Last year, the excuse that was given for Herbert winning it over Jefferson was that Herbert was also breaking records. That isn't the case this year and Chase has unequivocally outperformed Jefferson's season last year. If they give this award to Mac, they should just rename the award "Rookie Quarterback of the year" because it will have lost all meaning.
As for Coach of the year, I think this award is about exceeding expectations. If it was strictly about success (which would be the case if they gave it to Lafleur), then they'd just award it to the super bowl champion (or one of the #1 seed teams) coach every year. Marvin Lewis won the award in 2009 because he took a 4-11-1 team and made the playoffs the following year. Like with Burrow, taking a team that people were predicting to be at the bottom of the AFC north and winning the division with them is what this award is all about, in my opinion. Kevan Stefanski in 2020, John Harbaugh in 2019, Matt Nagy in 2018, Sean McVay in 2017, Jason Garrett in 2016, Ron Rivera in 2015 etc. Almost all of these coaches were awarded because they exceeded expectations, not because they met already high expectations.
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