End of Season Award Winners

As conference Championship games approach, Field Vision is unveiling our Season awards. These are the biggest awards that will be given out at NFL Honors in a few weeks and we got together as a staff to give you our take on them. We chose our winners with a slant towards our analytics, but it was not exclusively based on statistical measures or our Havoc and Threat Ratings that we know you’ve all grown to love this season. Without further ado, here are the prestigious winners of Field Vision’s End of Season Awards:

MVP- Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia: Yes, we know the MVP is a quarterback award, but who did more to affect winning for their team than Saquon Barkley this season? The Eagles passing game fizzled as the season progressed, but with Saquon ripping off long run after long run to the tune of a career best 5.8 yards per carry, the wins kept coming for Philadelphia. Barkley led all running backs with a 99.0 Threat Rating. His 5.3 Threat Rating margin over Derrick Henry was the largest differential between 1 and 2 of any position grouping in our app and Henry had an historic season of his own. Saquon had 46 10+ yard runs on the season, regularly making game changing plays for the Eagles offense and finished the season with 2005 rushing yards despite sitting out the last week with Philly locked into the 2 seed. Barkley was the clear engine for one of the two best teams in the NFC and we’ll gladly go off the beaten path and name him the Field Vision MVP for 2024.

Coach of the Year- Dan Campbell, Detroit: It didn’t end the way Campbell wanted it to for Detroit this postseason, but this is a regular season award and nobody has done more to turn around a program than Dan Campbell. There was so much expectation for the Lions heading into this season, it’s easy to forget that they are the Lions, one of the most downtrodden franchises of the Super Bowl era and they’ve done nothing but progress since Campbell arrived four years ago. This award really came down to Dan Campbell and Kevin O’Connell who did a masterful job in Minnesota with Sam Darnold, but when they met in week 18 for all the division marbles, Campbell and the Lions made easy work of O’Connell’s Vikings. Campbell has lost both his coordinators to Head Coaching jobs already this off season, but that will be a new challenge for another year. When it comes to 2024, nobody did a better job of getting the most out of his team than Campbell.

Offensive Player of the Year- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore: Jackson is most people’s MVP and we’ll see at NFL Honors if he secures it or if it goes to his divisional round counterpart Josh Allen. Whether he takes home the MVP or not, Jackson put up one of the most impressive offensive season’s of all time, statistically. He threw for 4,172 yards eclipsing the 4000-yard mark for the first time in his career and added 915 rushing yards. Jackson also threw for 41 touchdowns(also a career best) and added another 4 on the ground. He eclipsed last year’s MVP numbers in nearly every statistical category. However, he was only able to secure the AFC 3-seed with 12 regular season wins compared to the 1-seed season they saw last year. It’s really the only fault you can find in Jackson’s season, but it’s why we gave him the nod at Offensive Player of the Year instead of MVP. As we saw, being forced on the road in the Divisional round may have been what cost him the chance to be playing for a shot at the Super Bowl this weekend.

Offensive Rookie of the Year- Jayden Daniels, Washington: Daniels has had an historic rookie season and it’s just getting more impressive by the week with two playoff wins so far, but let’s focus on the regular season for now. Daniels finished 4th in Field Vision’s Threat Rating for quarterbacks with a Rating of 89.2. He trailed only Joe Burrow, Jackson, and Justin Herbert. He finished the year with an impressive 69 percent completion percentage and threw for 3568 yards and 25 touchdowns while also adding 891 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns. Daniels’ season was great statistically, but he was also one of the undisputed leaders of a team that won 12 regular season games and now sits in the conference championship round. His poise under pressure combined with physical abilities is unmatched for a rookie.

Defensive Rookie of the Year- Kamari Lassiter, Houston: Playing opposite of All-Pro Derek Stingley Jr. means you will get targeted as teams shy away from one of the best cover cornerbacks in football. The second-round rookie from Georgia did nothing but answer the call. With a Havoc Rating of 88.7, he ranked seventh in the NFL at the cornerback position and has the highest defensive rookie grade. Lassiter's reception percentage of 47.4% puts him second only behind Stingley. Houston carried one of the best secondaries in the NFL for much of the season, and with a pair like Stingley and Lassiter, there is no reason for that to change anytime soon.*

Defensive Player of the Year- Zack Baun, Philadelphia: What a year it has been for Baun. Last season, the hybrid linebacker was sparingly used in Dennis Allen's defense in New Orleans and often used as a 'Ted" linebacker who used him mainly on top of a tight end and on the line of scrimmage. In the offseason, the Eagles and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio scooped him up. Once inserted into the lineup, Fangio used Baun's hybrid tools to create problems for opposing offenses. Baun can play anywhere from the line of scrimmage to coverage with ease. His Havoc Rating of 99.3 illustrates his elite season and All-Pro backing.*

*Both Defensive write ups written by Cody Alexander of MatchQuarters

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