Well we don't, that's the team's job.
Failing to score on a 2 min drill against the Ravens is pretty bad though. That, and if you spend basically the entire game trailing, any decent QB is going to run up his stats from optimal aggressive pass-heavy playcalling.
*2012
I was talking about Revis for 2009.
I'd be fine with that (which segues into me forgetting 2021 Cooper Kupp.)
Again, obviously I'd rather have an elite QB on my team, but if we accept non-QBs can ever win the award under any circumstance, than a 2k receiver is a good choice.
I'm not saying 2014 Watt was more valuable, or even contradicting that QBs should get it.
I'm saying that if 2012/14 Watt and 2009 Revis weren't enough, nothing can be.
2009, 2012, and 2014 kind of established that defenders cant get it anymore.
At least its looking like true QB only now, rather than RB being the only non-QB exception.
Some of these guys have been doing this for over 10 years. They can't have been the most involved/informed frequenter of /r/nfl from their fanbase for that whole time, right?
Since this is an official thing, its probably worth the time to just replace and search for a new ranker every 5 years.
Its really not. Even if the winner was totally random every season, you'd probably get 1 unlucky team for a 50 season test, even accounting for the fact that the league used to be smaller.
Here's how I would rank the class based on general player value, if I were a team with league average players at all positions heading into the draft, ranked up to Sam Howell
(This is just a loose mental average of positional value, PFF grade, and original draft position.)
He'd probably still go to WAS in the draft, but with their 1st.
Its funny how everyone will rush to tell you (correctly) that wins aren't a QB stat, then use them as a coaching stat, which is even worse.
Belechick was never a significantly above average strategic decision maker.