Predicting all the NFL awards for the 2019/20 season

Offensive Rookie of the Year:

1. David Montgomery

2. Kyler Murray

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3. Miles Sanders

Just outside: Josh Jacobs

Montgomery was my second-highest graded back in the 2019 draft and he is in a perfect situation. That interior three of Cody Whitehair, Kyle Long and James Daniels could be as good as any in the league and the Bears some weapons at wide receiver, Montgomery is a tough inside runner with a lot of contact balance but also an incredible ability to make potential tacklers miss. Matt Nagy brought him in to be more of a workhorse back, who can stay on the field for all three downs, after Jordan Howard was substituted a whole lot last year. Montgomery doesn’t quite have the speed to finish those 50+ yard runs consistently, but he will receive a big workload and put up big numbers. By the way, I already put some money on him at odds of 17 to 1.

The betting favorite is the first overall pick and the only QB to start from week one. Linking up with head coach Kliff Kingsbury and playing in that Air-Raid system could lead to a lot of success early on. Murray has an explosive arm to spread the ball around and when he is flushed out of the pocket, he is as dynamic a runner as we have seen come out of the draft since Michael Vick maybe, with Lamar Jackson being in that mix as well. However, I don’t have him winning the award because of the questions I have about the offensive line and the lack of proven playmakers on the outside. There is certainly a lot of talent and the scheme will lead to big numbers, but the Cardinals will still probably finish below .500.

It was a tough choice for me between two running backs for that third spot, I went with the Eagles’ second-round pick Miles Sanders here although you might see he is part of a deep committee in Philly, but I’m betting on one of the best offensive lines in the NFL and the most talented guy in the backfield earning the majority of the touches. On the other side, I have the only RB selected in the first round – Josh Jacobs. He should clearly be the number one option out of the backfield for the Raiders and handle around 300 touches, but I’m just not completely sold on the offense overall and the blocking won’t quite be as good.