Chase Claypool

[Born2Steel]

This site's ROY candidates are fluid and will change week to week-ish.

https://sportsnaut.com/nfl-rookie-of-the-year-2020/


Some of the other top sites ROY articles were written as far back as July.

[teegre]

This site's ROY candidates are fluid and will change week to week-ish.

https://sportsnaut.com/nfl-rookie-of-the-year-2020/


Some of the other top sites ROY articles were written as far back as July.

At least Claypool is in the Top Ten.

But, once again, how is Jefferson rated so high? There is zero chance I take ANY receiver over Herbert. (Yes, Herbert is finally ranked #1... but, it’s taken a while.) The game starts & stops at the QB position. Plus, Herbert isn’t just having a “good” rookie season, he’s having a RECORD-BREAKING rookie season.

I just don’t get it.

[Born2Steel]

At least Claypool is in the Top Ten.

But, once again, how is Jefferson rated so high? There is zero chance I take ANY receiver over Herbert. (Yes, Herbert is finally ranked #1... but, it’s taken a while.) The game starts & stops at the QB position. Plus, Herbert isn’t just having a “good” rookie season, he’s having a RECORD-BREAKING rookie season.

I just don’t get it.

I can't answer that completely. From just reading the rankings articles it seems to be based a lot on yardage and eye test "WOW" moments. Jefferson is right at 300 more receiving yards currently but I don't get enough Vikings games to fill in the rest. It could come down to 3 WRs for the Steelers are over 500 yards receiving, whereas Jefferson is 200 yards beyond any other Vikings WR?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/stats/_/name/min

I think it is Herbert's to lose right now anyway. But so long as Claypool stays in the conversation I'm happy.

[teegre]

I can't answer that completely. From just reading the rankings articles it seems to be based a lot on yardage and eye test "WOW" moments. Jefferson is right at 300 more receiving yards currently but I don't get enough Vikings games to fill in the rest. It could come down to 3 WRs for the Steelers are over 500 yards receiving, whereas Jefferson is 200 yards beyond any other Vikings WR?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/stats/_/name/min

I think it is Herbert's to lose right now anyway. But so long as Claypool stays in the conversation I'm happy.

The Steelers having so many receivers (Ben spreads it around) is probably why.

As in...

Let’s assume there are 3000 yards from the QB. Jefferson only has to split with Theilen (who keeps Jefferson from being double-teamed all game); that is nearly 1500 yards apiece. Whereas, the Steelers split that 3,000 yards between JuJu, DJ, & Claypool; that’s only 1,000 yards for each.

That said, Randy Moss only had 69 receptions as a rookie (because Jake Reed and Chris Carter got their fair share of targets). The difference was gaudy TD numbers (17 total)... which reminds me of Claypool.

But, Yes, it’s Herbert... and then, everyone else.