Gregg Rosenthal · Feb 3, 2025

Rosenthal laid out his end-of-season award ballot — Lamar Jackson for MVP, Zack Baun for Defensive Player of the Year, Saquon Barkley for Offensive Player of the Year, Jayden Daniels for Offensive Rookie of the Year, JK Dobbins for Comeback Player, Dan Campbell for Coach of the Year and Jeff Stoutland for Assistant Coach of the Year — while also predicting that Myles Garrett could take DPOY, Joe Burrow will likely win Comeback Player, and Vic Fangio may win Assistant Coach of the Year.

“I'm going Zach Bond Defensive Player of the Year, Patrick number two, and Trey Hendrickson three.”

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Coach Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“I still stuck with my original one two, which was Dan Campbell Andy Reid”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
award:
coach_of_the_year
coach:
Dan Campbell
naive:
the naive pick was Kevin Stefanski, who won it the year before
skill:
0
season:
2024
winner:
Kevin O'Connell
correct:
false
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“Offensive Player of the Year... I went Saquon Chase in Burrow.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skill
How this was scored
award:
offensive_player_of_the_year
naive:
the naive pick was Christian McCaffrey, who won it the year before
skill:
100
player:
Saquon Barkley
season:
2024
winner:
Saquon Barkley
correct:
true
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“I wrote down Lamar Allen Saquon... So I will go Lamar Allen Saquon one, two, three.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
award:
mvp
naive:
the naive pick was Lamar Jackson, who won it the year before
skill:
0
player:
Lamar Jackson
season:
2024
winner:
Josh Allen
correct:
false
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“offensive Rookie of the Year, this is the name I was teasing before Jayden Daniels number one.”
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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Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“I'm gonna give it to JK. Dobbins and I'll go Donald second and Tomar Hamlin third.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
award:
comeback_player_of_the_year
naive:
the naive pick was Joe Flacco, who won it the year before
skill:
0
player:
J.K. Dobbins
season:
2024
winner:
Joe Burrow
correct:
false
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“Comeback Player of the Year. Burrow's probably gonna win it”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skill
How this was scored
award:
comeback_player_of_the_year
naive:
the naive pick was Joe Flacco, who won it the year before
skill:
100
player:
Joe Burrow
season:
2024
winner:
Joe Burrow
correct:
true
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“He is still playing as a Defensive Player of the Year level. I think he might win the award this week.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
award:
defensive_player_of_the_year
naive:
the naive pick was Myles Garrett, who won it the year before
skill:
0
player:
Myles Garrett
season:
2024
winner:
Pat Surtain II
correct:
false
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“I'm going Zach Bond Defensive Player of the Year, Patrick number two, and Trey Hendrickson three.”
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Coach Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“So I'm giving my Assistant Coach of the Year to Jeff Stotlin.”
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Coach Award PicksFeb 3, 2025
“Yeah, I think he might win the award, and that will be really funny to see the taped video that he sends into NFL Honors”
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