Week 5.
Off the list: Matt Stafford, Myles Garrett, Tyreek Hill (Week 4 for reference)
8- Dak Prescott- Cracking the list for the very first time, Dak’s Cowboys are 4-1, looking like the best team in the NFC, have to give the man his due. Ask yourself, what would the Cowboys be without Dak? Answer- not very good. Their team has scored 41, 36, and 44 in the last 3 weeks, they went toe-to-toe with the Bucs, and are the only team to hold a win over the Chargers. Dak has 13 TD’s and just 3 INT’s on the season.
7- Tom Brady- Tommy Terrific is playing so well, he’s actually setting career records for himself at the age of 44. 400+ and 5 TD’s for the first time in his career last week against the Phins. Tom makes no sense and his Bucs are still awesome despite a depleted defense.
6- Derrick Henry- The Titans should rename themselves the Henry’s because they are NOTHING without him. Henry has 100 yards on 2nd place in the rushing department in the NFL. 640 yards on the ground, Nick Chubb has 523. Zeke is 3rd with 450. Henry is also the 2nd leading receiver on the Titans this year with 14 receptions. This team is bad and he covers it all up because no oen can tackle him.
5- Trevon Diggs- Stefon’s brother is officially the best Diggs in the family. He just continues to produce week in-week out. 6 INT’s on the season, that’s twice as many as 2nd place in that category and more than 27 teams in the NFL have in total. But that’s not even my favorite Diggs stat…Diggs passer rating allowed when QB’s throw his way is 38.9. If a QB were to spike the ball into the ground on every play, they would leave the game with a rating of 39.6. That means you’d be better off throwing the ball at the dirt than in the direction of Diggs.
4- Josh Allen- This doesn’t even feel like its going to be Josh Allen’s best statistical season but it doesn’t need to be, the Bills defense is playing really well and Allen isn’t making any mistakes with the ball. 12 TD’s through the air, another 2 on the ground, and only 2 turnovers this season. Buffalo looks unstoppable right now.
3- Kyler Murray- Down from #1 last week, I was underwhelmed with the Cardinals performance on Sunday against a rookie QB in Trey Lance, but we know, those divisional matchups can be tough, and at the end of the day, Murray got the job done. What’s strange is that he’s not running all that often, his attempts per game are down by 2 compared to last season, curious to see if that becomes something he picks up as the season goes along.
2- Justin Herbert- Herbs is on an absolute tear right now. 4th in the league in pass yards, 3rd in TD’s, QB rating over 100. He’s checking all the usual boxes. But it’s the last 3 games that have really blown me away. 14 TD’s and zero turnovers. And he’s done so against the Chiefs, Raiders, and Browns – all who have playoff aspirations. He is playing picture perfect football right now. No other way to put it.
Number 1!- Lamar Jackson- If you look at the Ravens roster right now they shouldn’t be anywhere near 4-1. Lamar Jackson has been bailing them out left and right. The Ravens had to score 28 points in the 2nd half to comeback against the Colts on MNF. Jackson had more yards in the 2nd half of that game than he’s had in any full game in his career! Amazingly, only one of those throws was made outside the pocket. This man has put this team squarely on his back.
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