Predicting all the NFL awards for the 2019/20 season

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Offensive Player of the Year:

Kansas City Chiefs v Cleveland Browns

1. Patrick Mahomes

2. Christian McCaffrey

3. Saquon Barkley

Just outside: Carson Wentz and Aaron Rodgers

This is the first time I am predicting the Offensive Player of the Year, because I always thought the best offensive or defensive player in a year should also be looked at as the most valuable one, but with the way team success is credited to individual players and those quarterbacks always taking home the most prestigious honor, I wanted to give some other offensive superstars the credit they deserve.

With that being said, I’m still giving the award to a QB because I believe if Wentz receives MVP honors, the NFL media will hand Mahomes the trophy for the best offensive player, Nobody dazzles fans with 50-yard lasers, no-look passes and left-handed throws quite like this guy, Mahomes might actually have more talent around him this year than he did in 2018 with the additions of Mecole Hardman and Darwin Thompson in the draft as well as (hopefully) a healthy Sammy Watkins. While it’s unlikely he repeats those 50 touchdowns, he should be among the league leaders and throw for around 5000 yards.

Next up I have a running back who just broke the record for total receptions in a season for the position and might re-write the record books once again in 2019, Run CMC broke onto the scene as one of the premier backs in all of football last season, He has proven those doubters wrong about not being able to run in-between the tackles, there are so many creative ways the Panthers can put the ball in his hands and he is truly one of the great receiving backs I have seen come into the league. I expect around 2000 all-purpose yards, double-digit touchdowns and one of the most entertaining performances around the league

And then there is the phenom. To me, Saquon Barkley is already the best running back in the league and there is a reason he is the consensus first overall pick in fantasy football. There is no doubt in my mind that the second-year running back will put up monstrous numbers. With quarterback play won’t scare defenses from loading up against the run, I don’t see how you can bottle up this kid – he will break loose eventually. With an improved interior O-line and a quarterback who checks the ball down more than anybody else, I expect Saquon to go well beyond 2000 yards from scrimmage and around 100 catches.

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