It's A Major Award
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4 Browns named AP finalists for end-of-year NFL honors
HC Kevin Stefanski: Finalist for NFL Coach of the Year
Other finalists:
- Dan Campbell, Detroit Lions
- John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens
- DeMeco Ryans, Houston Texans
- Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers
DC Jim Schwartz: Finalist for NFL Assistant Coach of the Year
Other finalists:
- OC Bobby Slowik, Houston Texans
- OC Todd Monken, Baltimore Ravens
- DC Mike MacDonald, Baltimore Ravens
- OC Ben Johnson, Detroit Lions
DE Myles Garrett: Finalist for Defensive Player of the Year
Other finalists:
- Daron Bland, Dallas Cowboys
- Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys
- Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas Raiders
- T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh Steelers
QB Joe Flacco: Finalist for NFL Comeback Player of the Year
Other finalists:
- Damar Hamlin, Buffalo Bills
- Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams
- Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins
https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-honors-finalists-announced-for-mvp-other-awards-from-2023-season
Congratulation to all nominated, The NFL Honors award show will take place on February 8.
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Campbell, Schwartz, Garrett and Mayfield are my guesses. All from teams no one ever expected to be even close to the playoffs.
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4 Browns named AP finalists for end-of-year NFL honors
PREDICTION:
for NFL Coach of the Year
Dan Campbell, Detroit Lions
Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers
PREDICTION: Finalist for NFL Assistant Coach of the Year
Jim Schwartz of course.
PREDICTION: Finalist for Defensive Player of the Year
Other finalists:
TJ Watt. nope.
Miles GARRETT of course.he's Defensive Player of the Year
PREDICTION: Finalist for NFL Comeback Player of the Year
Damar Hamlin, Buffalo Bills
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Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Browns in line to win 5 or 6 major awards this season
Coach of the Year seems locked up but is MVP a possibility for Cleveland this year?
Coach of the Year
Not only is Kevin Stefanski here to stay but he’s clearly a prime candidate for Coach of the Year in the NFL. Earlier in the season a national analyst lauded Stefanski’s ability as a coach and play caller before major injuries continued to decimate the team.
Now, with the season coming to an end, getting this Cleveland team to 11-5 is beyond impressive and, likely, locked up the award for Stefanski.
Defensive Player of the Year
A “fun” argument on social media is just how good DE Myles Garrett is compared to others at his position. Garrett gets double and triple-teamed more than anyone in the league, has offenses game planning around him to get the ball out in less than two seconds and still gets a huge amount of pressures on quarterbacks while also playing the run.
LB/DE Micah Parsons has had a similar season as Garrett and could be in contention for the award as well.
Comeback Player of the Year
This award is likely to go to DB Damar Hamlin for a ton of good reasons. If it doesn’t, Flacco’s story has taken the NFL by storm and that story could steal the award away for the Browns starting QB.
Special Teams Player of the Year
This is one where Cleveland will have a top-three finisher but kicker Dustin Hopkins missing the last three weeks of the season (getting hurt in Week 16) likely takes the award away from him. Hopkins got hurt chasing down a kick return that went for a touchdown. Felt wrong to not at least include him here and penalize him for that effort even if it will keep him from winning the award.
MVP
It is at least a part of the conversation that Garrett also should be in the running for MVP. He’s currently listed as +50000 on DraftKings, along with Parsons, while being the odds-on favorite for DPOY. Before Flacco’s resurgence, Garrett (along with Stefanski) was the main reason the Browns were in playoff contention.
Assistant Coach of the Year
Putting Garrett in a position to succeed, DC Jim Schwartz has put himself in position for this award. A rarely discussed award, DeMeco Ryans, Dan Quinn and Brian Daboll have won the last three. Ryans and Daboll went on to become head coaches after it while Quinn pulled his name from consideration despite being a top candidate for multiple head coaching jobs.
Executive of the Year
GM Andrew Berry has done amazing work putting together the roster and then adjusting when injuries befell the team. No easy task especially with the amount of salary cap space on IR (around 25% of theirs) at this point. Big moves and small moves have paid off for Berry this season.
The odds of the Browns pulling in all of these awards are low. MVP will likely go to a QB. Special teams is unlikely due to Hopkins' injury and Hamlin’s return from passing on the field likely keeps him at the top of the comeback list.
It is still amazing that Cleveland is rightfully in discussion for seven awards and could take home five or six with four feeling close to certain.
Which awards do you think the Browns should win?
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Browns in line to win 5 or 6 major awards this season
Coach of the Year seems locked up but is MVP a possibility for Cleveland this year?
Coach of the Year
Not only is Kevin Stefanski here to stay but he’s clearly a prime candidate for Coach of the Year in the NFL. Earlier in the season a national analyst lauded Stefanski’s ability as a coach and play caller before major injuries continued to decimate the team.
Now, with the season coming to an end, getting this Cleveland team to 11-5 is beyond impressive and, likely, locked up the award for Stefanski.
Defensive Player of the Year
A “fun” argument on social media is just how good DE Myles Garrett is compared to others at his position. Garrett gets double and triple-teamed more than anyone in the league, has offenses game planning around him to get the ball out in less than two seconds and still gets a huge amount of pressures on quarterbacks while also playing the run.
LB/DE Micah Parsons has had a similar season as Garrett and could be in contention for the award as well.
Comeback Player of the Year
This award is likely to go to DB Damar Hamlin for a ton of good reasons. If it doesn’t, Flacco’s story has taken the NFL by storm and that story could steal the award away for the Browns starting QB.
Special Teams Player of the Year
This is one where Cleveland will have a top-three finisher but kicker Dustin Hopkins missing the last three weeks of the season (getting hurt in Week 16) likely takes the award away from him. Hopkins got hurt chasing down a kick return that went for a touchdown. Felt wrong to not at least include him here and penalize him for that effort even if it will keep him from winning the award.
MVP
It is at least a part of the conversation that Garrett also should be in the running for MVP. He’s currently listed as +50000 on DraftKings, along with Parsons, while being the odds-on favorite for DPOY. Before Flacco’s resurgence, Garrett (along with Stefanski) was the main reason the Browns were in playoff contention.
Assistant Coach of the Year
Putting Garrett in a position to succeed, DC Jim Schwartz has put himself in position for this award. A rarely discussed award, DeMeco Ryans, Dan Quinn and Brian Daboll have won the last three. Ryans and Daboll went on to become head coaches after it while Quinn pulled his name from consideration despite being a top candidate for multiple head coaching jobs.
Executive of the Year
GM Andrew Berry has done amazing work putting together the roster and then adjusting when injuries befell the team. No easy task especially with the amount of salary cap space on IR (around 25% of theirs) at this point. Big moves and small moves have paid off for Berry this season.
The odds of the Browns pulling in all of these awards are low. MVP will likely go to a QB. Special teams is unlikely due to Hopkins' injury and Hamlin’s return from passing on the field likely keeps him at the top of the comeback list.
It is still amazing that Cleveland is rightfully in discussion for seven awards and could take home five or six with four feeling close to certain.
Which awards do you think the Browns should win?
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Very impressive and punctuated by a team that earned it's 2nd playoff spot in 4 years despite all of the injuries!
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CJ Stroud over Puka Nacua for OROY.. didn't have that
Jim Schwartz wins Assistant COTY
Yes Sir ! Myles Garrett wins DPOY .. Congrats #95
Kevin Stefanski wins COTY .. Two time winner
Shout out to small town Bailey,NC and Southern Nash HS Firebird HOF inductee Julius Peppers
Comeback POTY Browns QB Joe Flacco
NFL MVP QB Lamar Jackson
Walter Payton NFL Man of Year award.. DT Cam Hayward
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Steelers fans burst into tears after Browns DE Myles Garrett beats out T.J. Watt for DPOY
I was lurking on a Steelers board a yesterday and yeah, they are pretty upset. I think Garrett was the best player on the best defense leading the way. I'm not sure what happened to Garrett at the tail end of the season, his production dipped (shoulder maybe?)
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Even fellow contenders making an argument in favor of Myles:
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Steelers fans burst into tears after Browns DE Myles Garrett beats out T.J. Watt for DPOY
I was lurking on a Steelers board a yesterday and yeah, they are pretty upset. I think Garrett was the best player on the best defense leading the way. I'm not sure what happened to Garrett at the tail end of the season, his production dipped (shoulder maybe?)
I was lurking on a Steelers board a yesterday and yeah, they are pretty upset. I think Garrett was the best player on the best defense leading the way. I'm not sure what happened to Garrett at the tail end of the season, his production dipped (shoulder maybe?)
I'm gonna sound like a typical homer here - but hear me out. Remember back when Colin Kaepernick became a big brat and respecting the National Anthem was beneath him? The NFL pretty much singled him out and black-balled him from playing again. YES, he wasn't alone but QBs are supposed to be leaders. Consequently, something took place behind the scenes where someone with a lot of power had a thought process resembling a quote in Shakespeare's Macbeth "The loddy doth protest too much, methinks!"
As Myles' success soared to all new heights in the 1st half of the season; he started getting held even more frequently and blatantly by both guys in double teams right in front of the officials. However, Myles complained when umpires, referees, linesmen and line judges stopped flagging those committing the penalty. If you refuse to call it - you're giving permission for people to break the rules of the game. Understanding how huge this was at impacting the success of our defense - Myles made the very legitimate gripe; and then got fined by the league for doing so. After this, I only remember 1 or 2 more holding flags against his opponents the rest of the season. The die-hards on this board weren't just keeping track - they brought multiple pictures and even a video or 2 of unflagged holds/muggings right near passers clearly in the view of refs and umpires. When this occurred outside of the pocket - the linesmen and line judges gave it all the same blind eye that pictures/videos disagreed with. Myles was on pace for about 28 sacks or so. I'll concede the playing through injury had an impact on the volume. However, even a blind man in the bleachers could see the unwillingness to enforce the rules of the game via allowing everybody to hold Myles.
Moral of the story? If you're gonna poke the bear - you better wine and dine his ass while doing so. Right Myles? You would have won 4 Defensive Player of the Year Awards this season if you did that. That said, we'll settle for 1 - and thanks for the relentless efforts shown in all your sic em, sock em and sack em. My football wood factor felt like it was on viagra all season.
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micah cleveland is cleveland parsons, slams t.j watt and steeler fans,fucking awesome
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micah cleveland is cleveland parsons, slams t.j watt and steeler fans,fucking awesome
micah cleveland is cleveland parsons, slams t.j watt and steeler fans,fucking awesome
The three rivers in Pittsburgh consist of the Ohio River, TJ Watt's tears, and the tears of Steeler fans.
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A class act indeed, I believe if he doesn't stay here Joe should follow AVP to N.E to mentor what ever QB they select at #3
WATCH: Joe Flacco thanks Browns, city of Cleveland in his Comeback Player of the Ye
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Even fellow contenders making an argument in favor of Myles:
Even fellow contenders making an argument in favor of Myles:
I think former PENN STATE star and current NFL Pro Bowl LBer (Micah Parsons) knows what he's talking about above. Myles was the best player on the top rated Defense. Not only that, but LTs are better pass protectors that RTs - and that's where Myles lined up most of the time over the LT (except for some occasional wrinkles by Schwartz). Like Parsons said, film showed Garrett faced more double teams that Wattshisname.
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Even fellow contenders making an argument in favor of Myles:
I think former PENN STATE star and current NFL Pro Bowl LBer (Micah Parsons) knows what he's talking about above. Myles was the best player on the top rated Defense. Not only that, but LTs are better pass protectors that RTs - and that's where Myles lined up most of the time over the LT (except for some occasional wrinkles by Schwartz). Like Parsons said, film showed Garrett faced more double teams that Wattshisname.
I think former PENN STATE star and current NFL Pro Bowl LBer (Micah Parsons) knows what he's talking about above. Myles was the best player on the top rated Defense. Not only that, but LTs are better pass protectors that RTs - and that's where Myles lined up most of the time over the LT (except for some occasional wrinkles by Schwartz). Like Parsons said, film showed Garrett faced more double teams that Wattshisname.
It isn't just the double team rates, but a combination of that, drawing opposing blocking assignment, pressure rates vs double team rates and alignment. Where Myles rushed from the interior quite a bit more than Watt. To me, anyway, interior pressure scores > edge pressure scores. This is why Aaron Donald had been considered the most dominant defensive player in the NFL for such a long stretch.
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seem's there were 2
I'll give it a shot. 11 time Pro Bowl LT Trent Williams who faced Myles this year - had a glowing endorsement for Myles as Defensive Player of the Year. Williams also just earned his 3rd consecutive All Pro honor; so I think the wealth of experience and excellence makes him a very credible source. I shared the video/sound of that in the Myles/DPOY thread that started over the weekend.
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