Brooks sorted the 14 playoff quarterbacks into four tiers, placing Mahomes, Allen, Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels as the elites, Herbert, Goff and Stafford in tier two, Mayfield, Darnold, Love and Hurts (in that order) in tier three, and Stroud, Russell Wilson and Bo Nix in the unpredictable tier. He also picked Jayden Daniels as Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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• Award PicksJayden DanielsWashington CommandersJan 10, 2025

  “He's looking he's Deck of the year... They're mad about the Jay danisty that's my pick, Jaye Daniels.”

  Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skill
  How this was scored

  award:

  offensive_rookie_of_the_year

  naive:

  the naive pick was C.J. Stroud, who won it the year before

  skill:

  100

  player:

  Jayden Daniels

  season:

  2024

  winner:

  Jayden Daniels

  correct:

  true

  accuracy:

  100

  baseline:

  0

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  weeks left when called:

  0

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• Top Player ListsJan 10, 2025

  “So we have four guys and Tier one home Mahomes Allan, Jackson Daniels. Tier two, we have Herbert Golf and Stafford... So I would go Baker first, then Sam Murs... Then I would say Love and then Hurts... So we got bow Knicks in force... Russell Wilson has to be there... C J. Stroud has to be in that conversation.”

  Scored 72.97a naive guess scored 50+22.97 skill
  How this was scored

  naive:

  a coin-flip ordering scores 50

  skill:

  22.97

  placed:

  14

  season:

  2024

  players:

  14

  accuracy:

  72.97

  baseline:

  50

  by position:

  QB 14: 72.97

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  could not place:

  0

  weeks left when called:

  0

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