Yeah, I know there's plenty of variables. I just don't like the randomness of it. Smith is great, he's having a great season, but it seems almost arbitrary that he's getting love and some absolute dominant baller WRs have been largely ignored. It's just lame.
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I feel you on the arbitrariness. I actually think the reason is somewhat simple.
He's a candidate who is lapping the field at his position in a year where there isn't a guy where everything is coming together at RB and QB.
If you look at him, he's 300 yards and 14 catches ahead of the field (and was still ahead of the field before an extra game). Like most of the time, you look at WR lists, and the No. 1 guy is someone at La. Tech or something.
Then you look at RB. No. 1 is Iowa State. Harris is the only guy on a top-end team, and he should get some votes, but he's not upper echelon for a Bama back. The UNC guys are kinda spicy, but they split.
And then there's QB, Jones is super, but maybe a little worse volume-wise than Tua, and he's not as pulled ahead as say the Tua-Murray-Haskins set. Trask has the numbers, but the LSU blip will kill him. Wilson needed to be undefeated. Fields and Lawrence aren't at the level with think they can be.
I think in recent memory, Fitz had the best case in the past 20 years, but thinking was too arcane (White was also super good). Cooper had the best resume, but he got caught with a 2,500 yard rusher and a QB with 38 TDs, 2 picks and 14 rushing TDs who was also a great story.
