As Opening Day approaches, I’ll be previewing each NFL awards market through the end of next week. That march continues with the Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year markets.
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Offensive Player of the Year Preview
The Offensive Player of the Year (OPOY) has historically been the most erratic NFL awards race, which is why I paid the least attention to it when I began tracking awards markets over a decade ago. However, in recent years, the OPOY has gradually become the best skill player award. With that in mind, here are some OPOY trends to have on your radar:
OPOY Trends
- Quarterbacks and running backs have won most of the OPOY races.
- There hasn’t been a back-to-back OPOY winner since Marshall Faulk won the OPOY three years in a row back in 1999-2001.
- MVP quarterbacks have also won the OPOY in the same year.
- Non-MVP quarterbacks have won the OPOY.
- Running backs and wide receivers have won the OPOY.
- However, a skill-position player has won each of the last six OPOY races and seven of the last eight.
- Not only did each of those six skill players play for teams that made the playoffs, but each of those teams won their division.
- Three running backs and three wide receivers have won the OPOY during this six-year stretch.
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