Saquon Barkley vs. Derrick Henry: Offensive POY Race Heats Up

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00:00One of my favorite markets across the NFL landscapes here in the awards division here

00:08is Offensive Player of the Year.

00:10Why?

00:11Because if you're the best offensive player in football and you win that award, the MVP

00:15is the quarterback.

00:16So if you're the best offensive player and you play offense, but you're not better than

00:19the MVP, it doesn't make any sense, but still we can vote on it, have some fun and take

00:23a look at it at the FanDuel Sportsbook.

00:26Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry, they're the leaders in the clubhouse right now.

00:29It was Derrick Henry for the first, what, eight, nine weeks of the season.

00:32Now Saquon Barkley has overturned Derrick Henry as the favorite for the regular season

00:38Offensive Player of the Year.

00:40Barkley sits at a plus 115 price, Derrick Henry at a plus 150 price.

00:44You look at some of the numbers here, 1,347 total yards for Barkley, 1,281 here for Derrick

00:50Henry.

00:51Touchdowns, a big advantage for Derrick Henry of the Baltimore Ravens, 15 to 10 over Saquon,

00:56but that's only because Saquon doesn't get the ball on the goal line and Derrick Henry

00:59does.

01:00That odds market, is it correct where Barkley, right now, Dubs, is the favorite?

01:04Yeah, I'd say it would be, Donnie.

01:08And for Saquon Barkley, what we've seen, we're trying to carry the Eagles through some of

01:12the struggles early in the season when the wide receivers were banged up.

01:16Truly phenomenal stuff.

01:17Since coming across from the Giants there, he has looked fantastic.

01:20I mean, both running backs, Donnie, at one point, on track for 2,000 rushing yards.

01:26I mean, if you look at Saquon Barkley in his scrimmage, he's looking at maybe 2,300 yards.

01:33It's something that we don't see often in the NFL.

01:36So I think Barkley has been fantastic.

01:38I think he should be the slight edge front runner instead of Derrick Henry there.

01:42But for King Henry, turning back the clock, the big fella, the big steam train running

01:47back for the Baltimore Ravens, I guess what would hurt his stock is Lamar Jackson.

01:52Lamar Jackson would take more polish away from King Henry once it's all said and done

01:57than Jalen Hurts would away from Saquon Barkley.

01:59I know that sort of goes against what I was saying prior to the break, that Jalen Hurts

02:03is putting himself in the MVP conversation.

02:06But I just think Lamar sort of takes a bit of attention away from King Henry there.

02:10So Saquon Barkley, truly phenomenal numbers, and a lot of the success that we've seen from

02:15the Eagles has been thanks to that run game and for Saquon, I'll tell you what, new destination.

02:20He has looked like he's enjoying his new friends, new environment.

02:24He's absolutely thriving there for that Eagles offense, Donnie.