• QB Lamar Jackson is the MVP: Jackson has as soon as once more raised his sport and might be barreling towards his third MVP award. He’s presently on tempo to set career-highs in passing grade, turnover-worthy play charge, and yards per try whereas main gamers in carries of 10 or extra yards.
• Aidan Hutchinson deserves half-season DPOY: Hutchinson received’t win this award on the finish of the season on account of his damage, however he deserves to be acknowledged for his sheer dominance when he did play.
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As we attain the halfway level of the 2024 NFL common season, it’s time to guage the front-runners for the league’s most prestigious awards based mostly on their performances thus far.
From NFL MVP to Coach of the Year, right here is PFF’s 2024 midseason award record.
Most Valuable Player: QB Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Jackson has as soon as once more raised his sport and might be barreling towards his third MVP award. He’s presently on tempo to set career-highs in passing grade, turnover-worthy play charge, and yards per try whereas main gamers in carries of 10 or extra yards.
Jackson’s 87.8 passing grade is the second-best within the NFL behind Joe Burrow. His dual-threat skills are a cheat code for a group that’s main the NFL in complete offense and offensive grade.
Offensive Player of the Year: RB Derrick Henry, Baltimore Ravens
Henry has been all the things the Ravens may have probably imagined once they signed him within the offseason. He leads the NFL in dashing by almost 200 yards. His 91.5 dashing grade paces the league as nicely, and the one participant within the league with extra explosive runs is, after all, his quarterback, Lamar Jackson.
Henry and Jackson have shaped one of the vital formidable backfield duos the league has ever seen.
Defensive Player of the Year: EDGE Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit Lions
Hutchinson received’t win this award on the finish of the season on account of his damage, however he deserves to be acknowledged for his sheer dominance when he did play.
Hutchinson earned an unbelievable 95.0 pass-rush grade over his 5 video games. His 45 pressures nonetheless rank second within the NFL behind Nick Bosa, and it took Bosa three additional video games to cross him.
Perhaps most spectacular is Hutchinson’s 38.3% pass-rush win charge, which might’ve simply been a PFF file if carried throughout a complete season.
Offensive Rookie of the Year: QB Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
With all due respect to the unbelievable season that Raiders tight finish Brock Bowers is having, Daniels’ emergence as a franchise-altering celebrity is likely one of the tales of the 2024 season.
Daniels’ 85.7 general grade is the fourth-best within the NFL via the season’s first eight weeks. He has carried his terrific ball safety into the league, as his 1.8% turnover-worthy play charge is the fifth-lowest amongst certified quarterbacks. His 424 dashing yards rank second to solely Lamar Jackson amongst quarterbacks.
Daniels is the largest motive the Commanders may attain the postseason.
Defensive Rookie of the Year: ED Jared Verse, Los Angeles Rams
Rams followers could have been rightfully apprehensive in regards to the void left on their line of defense by Aaron Donald’s retirement, however Verse has rapidly remedied these considerations. Not solely has Verse simply been the very best rookie cross rusher, his 77.8 pass-rush grade ranks sixteenth amongst all certified edge defenders.
His 32 pressures are tied for ninth amongst that group, and he’s considered one of solely 5 edge defenders with at the least a 75.0 grade as a cross rusher and as a run defender.
Comeback Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals’ file doesn’t point out how nicely Joe Burrow has performed this season. By his requirements, the Bengals quarterback had a pedestrian season in 2023, incomes a 76.8 passing grade earlier than struggling a season-ending wrist damage.
He’s responded with a superb begin to 2024, main the NFL with an 88.3 passing grade. His 15 passing touchdowns already match his complete from final season, whereas his 1.3% turnover-worthy play charge is the very best within the NFL. Burrow definitely isn’t the first motive the Bengals have struggled to win video games.
Coach of the Year: Dan Quinn, Washington Commanders
Quinn inherited the NFL’s second-worst group from 2023. Washington allowed essentially the most factors within the NFL final season en route to simply 4 victories and desperately wanted a franchise quarterback. The group discovered its quarterback, Jayden Daniels, as a part of a foundational draft class, and Quinn now has his protection permitting lower than 21 factors per sport.
As a outcome, Washington has already surpassed final yr’s win complete and finds itself only a half-game behind Detroit for the NFC’s prime file.