NFL OPOY: 2-Man Race Between Tyreek Hill & Christian McCaffrey

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00:00 It's really a two-man race for the NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award.

00:04 Tyreek Hill is the odds-on favorite at -170.

00:08 Christian McCaffrey, that second-best price at +200.

00:12 Tyreek Hill on a historic pace in terms of yardage output at the wide receiver spot.

00:17 Christian McCaffrey leads the NFL with 17 total touchdowns.

00:22 So Donnie, let's look at this like a triple option in a way.

00:25 Who should be booked as the Super Bowl favorite, the MVP favorite,

00:29 and that favorite-to-win Offensive Player of the Year?

00:32 Donnie, who are your three in those three categories?

00:35 Yeah, these are going to be subject to change, obviously, week to week here

00:39 because we have neck-and-neck races here and every win is going to change things up.

00:43 But just the way we sit here in the NFL,

00:45 I'm going to take the Philadelphia Eagles as the Super Bowl favorite

00:47 because they're still the NFC East favorites here, technically,

00:51 because they have the better record, which means they would host at home.

00:53 And you would have an advantage because if you get the number one seed,

00:56 you get the bye week in first round when nobody else does.

00:59 And then two weeks later, you're going to host the NFC Championship game against the 49ers.

01:04 You're coming into that game on equal rest.

01:06 Not one team has extra four days off and whatnot would happen.

01:09 And we'll see who's actually healthy at that point, which then leads me to the correlation.

01:13 The MVP would then be Jalen Hurts at that point, right?

01:16 Because you have the number one overall seed, you know, somewhere along the way,

01:19 maybe the 49ers tripped up against Baltimore,

01:21 but the Eagles had a big win against Seattle and also against the Dallas Cowboys.

01:25 And away they go into the playoffs here, which then leads me up to the offensive player of the year,

01:29 which I do think is Tyreek Hill at this point, because I do think they're gunning with him.

01:33 And what I mean by that is they know each and every week.

01:35 It's one of those things where McCaffrey was on that touchdown run.

01:38 You just bet it every week and don't worry about Tyreek Hill to get over a hundred yards.

01:42 You just bet it and don't worry about it because now we're starting to talk about he can do things never seen before in the NFL.

01:48 And you know, that means a lot to the players, to the coaching staff, and also to the quarterback here.

01:52 So I think Tyreek Hill, they're going to hit the gas pedal for it.

01:55 He doesn't need any help, but they're going to be like, hey, look, you need an extra couple targets in a game.

01:58 We'll get that there to make sure you keep having hundred-yard weeks.

02:02 Yeah, Donnie, I agree with that point as well.

02:04 When I look at my three for who should be favored at this moment,

02:09 I can't really argue with where the odds stacked up.

02:11 I think San Francisco, after the win last week in Philadelphia, should be booked as the favorite.

02:17 Does that make me believe that San Francisco is legs ahead of the birds?

02:21 No, I still would bet Philadelphia over San Francisco as ultimately,

02:25 I think the Eagles will hold on to that number one overall seed in the NFC.

02:29 Dak Prescott should be the favorite to win the MVP, fifth most passing yards in the NFL,

02:35 and he's only a few percentage points behind Brock Purdy in terms of completion percentage,

02:40 QBR, passer rating, and has way more passing touchdowns than anybody else in the National Football League,

02:46 leads the NFL in passing touchdowns at this point.

02:49 I give the edge to Christian McCaffrey, an offensive player of the year,

02:53 because of all that he has done.

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