NFL: Who Will Win the Top Awards?
With the NFL kickoff game rapidly approaching, its that time of year again to make some way-too-early NFL Awards and stats predictions. Looking back on this article in a few months a lot of these predictions will probably be wrong, but some could be right as well. Here’s Charles Post’s, Greg Schwochow’s and Caleb Henderson’s official 2017 NFL Awards and stats predictions.
Caleb Henderson:
MVP: Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)
Coach of the Year: Dirk Koetter (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Offensive Player of the Year: Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)
Defensive Player of the Year: Khalil Mack (Oakland Raiders)
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Deshaun Watson (Houston Texans)
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jamal Adams (New York Jets)
Greg Schwochow:
MVP: Tom Brady (New England Patriots)
Coach of the Year: Bill Belichick (New England Patriots)
Offensive Player of the Year: Marcus Mariota (Tennessee Titans)
Defensive Player of the Year: Khalil Mack (Oakland Raiders(
Offensive Rookie of the Year: O.J. Howard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Myles Garrett (Cleveland Browns)
Charles Post:
MVP: Derek Carr (Oakland Raiders)
Coach of the Year: Ron Rivera (Carolina Panthers)
Offensive Player of the Year: Tom Brady (New England Patriots)
Defensive Player of the Year: Landon Collins (New York Giants)
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Christian McCaffrey (Carolina Panthers)
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Myles Garrett (Cleveland Browns)
Also, Caleb Henderson and Charles Post decided to give their best guesses on statistical leaders.
Caleb Henderson:
Passing Yards: Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) - 5,203 Yards.
Rushing Yards: Le'Veon Bell (Pittsburgh Steelers) - 1,645 Yards.
Receiving Yards: Brandin Cooks (New England Patriots) - 1,505 Yards.
Tackles: Sean Lee (Dallas Cowboys) - 171 Tackles.
Sacks: Khalil Mack (Oakland Raiders) - 21 Sacks.
Interceptions: Marcus Peters (Kansas City Chiefs) - 7 Interceptions.
Charles Post:
Passing Yards: Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) - 5,117 Yards.
Rushing Yards: David Johnson (Arizona Cardinals) - 1,715 Yards.
Receiving Yards: Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers) - 1,456 Yards.
Tackles: Sean Lee (Dallas Cowboys) - 158 Tackles.
Sacks: J.J. Watt (Houston Texans) - 15.5 Sacks.
Interceptions: Landon Collins (New York Giants) - 9 Interceptions.
Photo Credit: ESPN, New York Giants, & Sports Illustrated.