Derrick Henry may be a free agent

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

1,037 of Barkley’s 1,499 yards have come before contact this season. He’s obviously incredible, but he owes a ****ton of his success this season to their offensive line.

Also, I think he has a much better shot at MVP a than CMC did last year. First and foremost, Barkley already has more rushing yards than CMC did all of last season. And he’s got like six games left. He has a real chance at smashing the single season rushing and scrimmage record this year.

If he can even come close to both of those while the Eagles maintain the 1 or 2 seed and Allen stays on statistical track he’s on now, Barkley could take it.

We’re also at the point in the season where hot take reactions shift the narrative every week. If Allen struggles one week and Lamar doesn’t, everyone will say Lamar is the clear favorite, etc.

I think Lamar is out of the running.

Nick Wright made a REALLY good point. The same people that say Lamar Jackson is the MVP will say, after every game they lost, that the reason they lost was that they didn't run the ball enough.

I love that point. If the guy is the MVP, how can you say that the answer to winning any game is to take the ball out of his hands?

Short answer is - you can't. Too many excuses are made for Lamar Jackson. Either he's the most important player on his own team, in which case HE'S a major reason they're 8-5, or Henry is the engine that should drive that offense in which case he's NOT the most valuable Raven, let alone the NFL's most valuable player.

I think this is Allen vs. Barkley pretty easily. And I guess Goff could make a fight of it as well.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I think Lamar is out of the running.

Nick Wright made a REALLY good point. The same people that say Lamar Jackson is the MVP will say, after every game they lost, that the reason they lost was that they didn't run the ball enough.

I love that point. If the guy is the MVP, how can you say that the answer to winning any game is to take the ball out of his hands?

Short answer is - you can't. Too many excuses are made for Lamar Jackson. Either he's the most important player on his own team, in which case HE'S a major reason they're 8-5, or Henry is the engine that should drive that offense in which case he's NOT the most valuable Raven, let alone the NFL's most valuable player.

I think this is Allen vs. Barkley pretty easily. And I guess Goff could make a fight of it as well.

In the postseason I wouldn’t argue against this whatsoever, but regular season Lamar is a different story. He’s got the two previous MVP without Henry to vouch for himself. I also hate to be a stat nerd but he’s got 3,200 passing yards with 29 TDs to 3 INTs. He’s averaging 8.7 YPA. His passing efficiency is off the charts.

Compare those numbers to Josh Allen’s 2,600 passing yards at 7.6 YPA and 20:5 TD:INT ratio.

I also don’t think you can make an argument against Lamar in the same breath as you defend Goff. There isn’t a QB on an elite team asked to do less than that guy is on a weekly basis. Swap Allen, Mahomes or Burrow for Goff this year and those guys go nuclear, I’m talking 2013 Peyton, 07 Brady type shit.