Pete Shrager from Good Morning Football chooses a Panther for NFL Rookie of the Year

[Captain Morgan]

says no one expected this game to matter before the season, 

"I'm gonna put it right now, the Defensive Rookie of the Year is not anyone in Washington who was #2 overall, and it's not one of the star guys like Derrick Brown or even Isiah Simmons, the DROY is a guy named Jeremy Chinn.  Who?  Jeremy Chinn is my DROY because every week he is making plays.  He is on pace for 128 tackles and last week had his first interception.  He also had 5 tackles, 2 passes defended.  He's everywhere on the field, he's everything the Cardinals thought Isiah Simmons would be.  He's been unbelievable, and I think he steps and plays a huge role against the Saints.  Jeremy I see you, raise your game against the Saints."

[MHS831]

Said it when he was drafted--the steal of the draft.

[MasterAwesome]

From purely a statistical standpoint (since I'll admit I don't watch too many other teams since I canceled my cable), I think he's got some tough competition with Patrick Queen.  I don't hear Queen mentioned much in here, but some notable stats:

44 tackles (5 less than Chinn)

2 FF

2 FR (1 returned for a TD)

2 sacks

Queen doesn't seem to be doing great in coverage, with only 1 pass deflection and no picks, but he's been solid in the run game and he has some flashy stats to go along with the tackles, including a defensive TD.

[joemac]

Dude is all over the field making plays.  He definitely stands out on our defense.

[SnowPanther]

49 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

From purely a statistical standpoint (since I'll admit I don't watch too many other teams since I canceled my cable), I think he's got some tough competition with Patrick Queen.  I don't hear Queen mentioned much in here, but some notable stats:

44 tackles (5 less than Chinn)

2 FF

2 FR (1 returned for a TD)

2 sacks

Queen doesn't seem to be doing great in coverage, with only 1 pass deflection and no picks, but he's been solid in the run game and he has some flashy stats to go along with the tackles, including a defensive TD.

Difference is that Ravens D is absolutely stacked. Chinn should be drawing a lot more attention from offensive coordinators than Queen has so far and that's why I find his stats a lot more impressive.

[RenoCarolina]

kudo's to Schrager for actually watching tape and not choosing to cater to big market team and/or top picks

[MasterAwesome]

30 minutes ago, SnowPanther said:

Difference is that Ravens D is absolutely stacked. Chinn should be drawing a lot more attention from offensive coordinators than Queen has so far and that's why I find his stats a lot more impressive.

That brings up an interesting point...I wonder if Chinn being on a worse defense works in his favor or against him when it comes to DROY. I tend to agree with you that it is more impressive for Chinn to have this kind of success on a weaker defense, but I could also see them painting Queen as this “young leader of this Top 5 defense” or whatever. They’ll probably over-inflate his individual impact on their defensive unit as a whole.

[Jorgie]

i think shrager is a low key panthers fan, every year he gives us props. maybe he has a familial connection to the carolinas idk

[Happy Panther]

Me and my oldest most years pick a rookie Jersey. I got Chinn!