Did TMac Win OROY?

[TylerDurden]

In your opinion?  I certainly hope so, and I also think Shough playing less games and throwing that late pick while we get to the playoffs should help.

[tukafan21]

DraftKings certainly thinks so as they currently have him as the -800 favorite

I think what plays in his favor is that while there are a few other players that in a blind resume had a better statistical output, particularly some of the RB's when you combine their rushing and receiving stats, none of them played a key role on their team for the entire season like T-Mac did for us with Jeanty being the exception.  The problem for him is that he didn't live up to the pre-season hype he came in with, in addition to being on the worst team in the league this year.

It very well could come down to how the voters view Bryce, who we all know is quite a polarizing player in the eyes of so many analysts.  The worse they think Bryce was this year, the more of a feather in T-Mac's cap that becomes and probably helps him win over votes for being the only rookie to put up 1k yards this year.

In a season with no clear cut run away winner, I think it will only help T-Mac that he was the #1 option in our offense for the entire season, the other rookies were role players for big chunks of the year, like Henderson and Harvey, or only started half-ish of the season like Dart and Shough.

Edited 16 hours ago by tukafan21

[TN05]

He's the odds-on favorite. Shough's bad game didn't help his already thin case and T-Mac outperformed Egbuka as well as making the playoffs.

[TylerDurden]

3 minutes ago, TN05 said:

He's the odds-on favorite. Shough's bad game didn't help his already thin case and T-Mac outperformed Egbuka as well as making the playoffs.

Yeah I didn’t mention Egbuka because it felt like he completely disappeared the last few weeks.

[t96]

Should be a shoe in, honestly. Relatively weak year though. 

[csx]

It will be announced beginning of Feb based on previous years

[tukafan21]

2 minutes ago, csx said:

It will be announced beginning of Feb based on previous years

It will be the week of the Super Bowl at the NFL Awards show.

They were doing it on Saturday for a bit but think they've moved it up to the Thursday the week of the game in the last year or two if I remember correctly.

There is a 0% chance that he won't be a finalist, so at least it will make tuning into the show worthwhile

[L-TownCat]

1 minute ago, tukafan21 said:

It will be the week of the Super Bowl at the NFL Awards show.

They were doing it on Saturday for a bit but think they've moved it up to the Thursday the week of the game in the last year or two if I remember correctly.

There is a 0% chance that he won't be a finalist, so at least it will make tuning into the show worthwhile

Congrats man.  You were steadfast in your belief in the kid.  As we all found out, for good reason.  T-Mac is that guy and is gonna be a stud for a long time.  Enjoy the moment.  Thump your chest.  You were 100% right the whole time.  Congrats again.

[csx]

Voting to happen just about now at conclusion of the regular season.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ap-explains-voting-process-for-nfl-awards

[tukafan21]

3 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

Congrats man.  You were steadfast in your belief in the kid.  As we all found out, for good reason.  T-Mac is that guy and is gonna be a stud for a long time.  Enjoy the moment.  Thump your chest.  You were 100% right the whole time.  Congrats again.

hahaha well thank you

And yep, I knew I was right 2+ years ago when I first brought him up on here.  I knew I was right leading into the draft.  I knew I was right when we made the pick.  And I still know I was right.

I was debating starting a thread about being so right today, but decided I'm going to wait until he's handed that OROY award in a few weeks to take my proper bow

[ProcessBlue2]

If we win this week Canales has to be considered for COY considering what he had to work with. Not beating the Bucs twice hurt him. If Stefanski can win it twice with 1 playoff win, he has a shot.

[tukafan21]

3 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

If we win this week Canales has to be considered for COY considering what he had to work with. Not beating the Bucs twice hurt him. If Stefanski can win it twice with 1 playoff win, he has a shot.

Canales has been the #1 thing holding us back this year, and I say that as one of the biggest Bryce bashers on here.

I’ve been saying it even since we shut the Falcons out, I started a thread after that one calling out my issues with Canales and his playcalling and it got poo’d into oblivion.

He's not creative and he thinks he can always trick the defense, but in the end just calls terrible plays because of it.  I don’t think Bryce is a legitimate starting QB in this league, but Canales is even less of a legitimate HC than Bryce is as a starting QB.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

50/50 between him and Jeanty. He has a good game against LA though and it's 100% his.

[ProcessBlue2]

4 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

Canales has been the #1 thing holding us back this year, and I say that as one of the biggest Bryce bashers on here.

I’ve been saying it even since we shut the Falcons out, I started a thread after that one calling out my issues with Canales and his playcalling and it got poo’d into oblivion.

He's not creative and he thinks he can always trick the defense, but in the end just calls terrible plays because of it.  I don’t think Bryce is a legitimate starting QB in this league, but Canales is even less of a legitimate HC than Bryce is as a starting QB.

True. But then who is to credit? Evero? Bryce?

Somebody won 8 games