# Gregg Rosenthal: Rosenthal laid out their end-of-season award ballot — Lamar Jackson for MVP, Zack Baun for Defensive Player of the Year, Saquon Barkley for Offensive Player of the Year, Jayden Daniels for Offensive Rookie of the Year, JK Dobbins for Comeback Player, Dan Campbell for Coach of the Year and Jeff Stoutland for Assistant Coach of the Year — while also predicting that Myles Garrett could take DPOY, Joe Burrow will likely win Comeback Player, and Vic Fangio may win Assistant Coach of the Year.

**Claimed:** Feb 3, 2025
**Pundit:** Gregg Rosenthal — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/gregg-rosenthal
**Outlet:** Around the NFL (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/around-the-nfl-podcast
**How it reached us:** said on air or in an interview
**Original:** https://omny.fm/shows/nfl-daily/myles-garrett-trade-request-nfl-awards-all-pro-pic

9 checkable claims — 6 award picks and 3 coach award picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 12 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

7 of 9 have settled so far, averaging 42.9 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.

> I'm going Zach Bond Defensive Player of the Year, Patrick number two, and Trey Hendrickson three.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **Dan Campbell to win Coach of the Year**
  - Kind: Coach Award Picks
  - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess
- **Saquon Barkley to win Offensive Player of the Year**
  - Kind: Award Picks · About: Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles
  - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess
- **Lamar Jackson to win MVP**
  - Kind: Award Picks · About: Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
  - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess
- **Jayden Daniels to win Offensive Rookie of the Year**
  - Kind: Award Picks · About: Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
  - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess
- **J.K. Dobbins to win Comeback Player of the Year**
  - Kind: Award Picks · About: J.K. Dobbins, Los Angeles Chargers
  - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess
- **Joe Burrow to win Comeback Player of the Year**
  - Kind: Award Picks · About: Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals
  - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess
- **Myles Garrett to win Defensive Player of the Year**
  - Kind: Award Picks · About: Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
  - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess
- **Vic Fangio to win Assistant Coach of the Year**
  - Kind: Coach Award Picks
  - Verdict: not settled yet
- **Jeff Stotlin to win Assistant Coach of the Year**
  - Kind: Coach Award Picks
  - Verdict: not settled yet

## Who this take is about

- Saquon Barkley — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/saquon-barkley
- Philadelphia Eagles — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/eagles
- Lamar Jackson — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/lamar-jackson
- Baltimore Ravens — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/ravens
- Jayden Daniels — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/jayden-daniels
- Washington Commanders — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/commanders
- J.K. Dobbins — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/j-k-dobbins
- Los Angeles Chargers — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/chargers
- Joe Burrow — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/joe-burrow
- Cincinnati Bengals — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/bengals
- Myles Garrett — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/myles-garrett
- Cleveland Browns — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/browns

## What others said about the same people

- Nate Gosney on Daiyan Henley: After the Broncos rescinded the trade, Gosney expects Daiyan Henley to remain with the Chargers for the rest of the 2026 season, but believes the awkward fallout has effectively killed any chance of them signing a new contract with Los Angeles after the season. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/60272861-4ad0-4749-b36a-dcdf09b9213f (scored 0)
- Jordan Dajani on Washington Commanders: Dajani picks the Commanders to edge the Giants 21-20 on Thursday and the Chiefs to beat the Falcons 26-20 in Week 10. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/46f7646f-2c64-4827-a522-67975af79fb6 (scored 95.24)
- Tyler Sullivan on Washington Commanders: Sullivan takes the Commanders 24-21 over the Giants on Thursday night and calls for a Steelers upset of the Bengals, 27-24, in Week 10. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1bb32676-c3b3-4b8e-8a03-b58396cf98bf (scored 100)
- John Breech on Washington Commanders: Breech picks the Commanders to upset the Giants on Thursday night, 24-17, and takes the Texans to beat the Browns 24-16 in Week 10 behind a pass rush that should batter Deshaun Watson. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9fddc8e1-3823-4252-bdd7-f81ef11b1da3 (scored 90.48)
- Jordan Dajani on Washington Commanders: Dajani picked seven Week 10 games with final scores, including a Commanders upset of the Giants, Lions over the Patriots in Munich, Chiefs over the Falcons, Packers edging the Vikings, 49ers over the Cowboys, Bengals over the Steelers and Ravens over the Chargers. They also suggested Joe Burrow could win MVP this season. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e2531f3a-2140-40ac-9831-5ff8224e090f (scored 95.24)
- Eva Geitheim on Washington Commanders: Geitheim picked the Commanders, Lions, Chiefs, Texans, Vikings, Jaguars, Colts, Panthers, Bills, Seahawks, Rams, 49ers, Bengals and Ravens in Week 10. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c011abef-0b18-41ad-acad-6a67dfbd41fd (scored 100)

## More award picks

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Nick Wright on Sam Darnold: Wright picks Seattle to beat New England in the Super Bowl by a 27-17 final score, describing a semi-comfortable win, and names Sam Darnold as their Super Bowl MVP pick. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8ff42b18-5a45-40e1-b3b6-17612cfca395 (scored 0)
- Eric Mangini on Drake Maye: Mangini picked the Patriots 23-20 with Drake May as Super Bowl MVP, and earlier named Kayshon Boutte ("Kaeshawn Booty") as their dark horse MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/332dce8c-f71c-4f26-a976-8f4615a9f9bd (scored 0)
- Chris Broussard on Drake Maye: Broussard picked New England to beat Seattle 24-21, with Drake May winning Super Bowl MVP, and named Cooper Kupp as their dark horse MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1247ee30-3338-4940-8fc9-977cc215ff59 (scored 0)
- Willie Colon on Sam Darnold: Colon picked the Seahawks to win 24-14 with Sam Darnold as Super Bowl MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b6655a6f-9a44-46d4-8c76-0d96b7334211 (scored 0)
- Nick Wright on Rashid Shaheed: Nick picked Seattle to win the Super Bowl 27-17, citing Seattle's defense, coaching against young quarterbacks and schedule strength, and named Rasheed Shaheed as their dark horse Super Bowl MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1fe4abc6-28e3-412b-ab6e-d2f65f25682f (scored 0)
- Danny Parkins on Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Parkins picked Seattle to win 27-16 with Jaxon Smith-Njigba as Super Bowl MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3667c28e-88b0-4d8e-bebd-6ef088550e4f (scored 0)

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