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  • hallach_halilOPBtoNFL@nfl.communityMid-season NFL awards (2023):
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    1 year ago

    Not sure why you’re getting down-voted - those are valid points.

    I’d say in terms of weaponry, it’s pretty even, because it’s almost a mirror image in terms of a reliable tight-end but otherwise role players at the WR position, who have been highly inconsistent. Either way, one doesn’t really stand above the other.

    I can point to two legitimately bad games played by Mahomes, which I can’t say for Lamar. How he’s clowned three of the premier defenses coming into those matchups - the Browns, Lions and Seahawks - making tremendous individiual plays in all of them has been special. The raw passing numbers are not as high up for Lamar, but that’s more based on him playing as well early, that he’s been able to sit out multiple fourth quarters.

    As for CMC, he is a major component of the passing game and even when he’s not involved in the pattern, the advantageous looks they get on early downs in particular, because opponents have to honor the run game makes a big difference. I’d also argue that the success rate and EPA would be higher if they didn’t blow out most opponents early on and were trying to grind away games.

    But yeah, to me there’s a pretty clear trio at the top and I think you can make case for either one of them.



  • hallach_halilOPBtoNFL@nfl.communityMid-season NFL awards (2023):
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    Same idea as Geno again. I’m just really starting to hate this award. Why not introduce something like “Most Improved Player” like the NBA hands out every year?

    “Coming back” from sitting on the bench just doesn’t make any sense to me and that shouldn’t be the spirit of the award.



  • hallach_halilOPBtoNFL@nfl.communityMid-season NFL awards (2023):
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    So who is the MVP in your eyes? Raw yardage and touchdown stats don’t mean anything to me without context. When Lamar is so phenomenal that his team blows out opponents and he’s sitting out fourth quarters rather than amassing numbers in catch-up mode, why would we count that against him?
















  • Not sure if it’s totally quiet, but not enough is made of how atrocious Tee Higgins’ per-target numbers are. Only DeVante Parker and Michael Thomas - two pure possession-type and jump-ball receivers - have averaged less than his 2.1 yards of separation (according to Next Gen Stats) and only caught 38.9% of his TOTAL targets, which just a 28.7% contested catch rate.