After the nice individuals of planet Earth overwhelmingly projected the Philadelphia Eagles to repeat as NFC East Champions this season, SB Nation Reacts requested just a few extra questions of NFL followers concerning finish of season awards. Individuals had been requested to pick the NFL Defensive Rookie of the 12 months and the MVP and a pair of Birds positioned extremely.
After falling down the draft board a bit again in April, the Eagles made a transfer to pick standout Georgia defensive deal with Jalen Carter at No. 9. It was arguably the steal of the draft when it occurred and nothing Carter has done on the field since has made that much less true.
In response to SBN’s current Reacts ballot, 33% of NFL followers assume that Carter is the favourite to win Defensive Rookie of the 12 months. I do know that it’s typically exhausting for inside defensive linemen to rack up spectacular “counting stats,” particularly as a rookie, however it seems that the followers polled right here Know Ball as they respect all the eye Carter will command in the midst of the d-line.
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Houston Texans EDGE rusher Will Anderson (No. 3 choose, Alabama) got here in simply behind Carter with 28% of the vote, Seattle Seahawks CB Devon Witherspoon (No. 5 choose, Illinois) completed third with 17% of the vote, and New England Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez (No. 17, Oregon, 14% of the vote) and Las Vegas Raiders DE Tyree Wilson (No. 7 choose, Texas Tech, 8% of the vote) rounded out the top-five.
4 of the 5 prime vote getters had been top-10 picks in April, whereas Gonzalez was nonetheless picked comfortably within the first spherical. Over the previous 5 seasons, just one defensive ROTY has been picked decrease than No. 12 (LB Shaquille Leonard, choose No. 36, Indianapolis Colts) and Leonard is the one winner over the previous decade who wasn’t chosen within the first spherical. Aaron Donald, again in 2014, was the final defensive deal with to win the award.
So far as the league-wide MVP award, it ought to come as no shock that Patrick Mahomes is the favourite to repeat as one of the best participant within the league. Coming off his second profession MVP, second profession Super Bowl MVP, second profession Tremendous Bowl title, and first profession Netflix documentary, all eyes will likely be on Mahomes once more this 12 months.
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38% of NFL followers assume Mahomes will repeat, whereas his chief rival within the AFC, Bengals QB Joe Burrow, obtained the second highest proportion of votes with 24%. Burrow, it must be famous, completed fourth final 12 months behind Payments QB Josh Allen and a sure fella named Jalen Hurts.
Hurts completed third within the latest Reacts ballot with 18% of the vote and Allen will get a decent 13%. Rounding out the top-five is Chargers sign caller Justin Herbert, ending with 7% of the vote.
Because the MVP has more and more grow to be the “Greatest QB On A Good Crew” award, having 5 quarterbacks within the top-five makes a ton of sense. The final time a non-QB received MVP was again in 2012 when Adrian Peterson ran for an insane 2,097 yards and a dozen touchdowns. The truth is, since 2000 solely 4 non-QBs have received the award and so they’ve all been operating backs.
I discover it exhausting to consider that there will likely be two quarterbacks higher than Hurts this season, but when Burrow and Mahomes each keep wholesome all 12 months I’m sure they’ll be preventing Hurts tooth and nail for the highest spot within the league.
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