It has been a big week for the NFC East.
Eagles RB Saquon Barkley named 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year – Kevin Patra, NFL.com
Barkley having one of the best seasons ever by a running back earned him the honor.
Saquon Barkley’s gallop to 2,000 earned the Philadelphia Eagles running back the 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award on Thursday at NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre.
As he became accustomed to in his first year with the Eagles, Barkley finished the voting with plenty of distance between him and others, garnering 35 first-place votes and 406 points. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (183 points) placed second, followed by Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (171), Ravens running back Derrick Henry (92) and Bengals QB Joe Burrow (78).
Barkley generated 2,005 rushing yards, becoming the ninth player in NFL history with 2,000-plus rushing yards in a season. He sat out in Week 18 despite being just 101 yards shy of breaking the single-season record held by Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson (2,105 in 1984).
Barkley led all running backs in yards, carries (345) and yards per game (125.3). If it weren’t for an odd propensity for getting tackled inside the 1-yard-line, he’d have generated more than 13 touchdowns this season (eighth most), as well.
The 27-year-old generated +549 rushing yards over expected this season, per Next Gen Stats, 154 more than any running back in a season from 2018 (when the statistic was first tracked) to 2023, besting his own record from 2018 (+395).
In 16 regular season games, Barkley was held under 100 yards rushing just five times. He also had five games of 150-plus rushing yards to balance the scales. The only time he went under the 50-yard mark on the season was a 47-yard output in Week 6 against Cleveland.
Adding 278 receiving yards, Barkley finished with 2,283 scrimmage yards, the most in the NFL (Derrick Henry was second with 2,114). The running back accounted for 34.8% of the Eagles’ scrimmage yards in 2024, the highest rate of any team and the only player above 30 percent.
Jayden Daniels voted PFWA 2024 Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year – PFWA, Commanders.com
It’s the second time in less than a decade an NFC East QB has brought home the award.
Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels, who broke the NFL rookie quarterback single season rushing record in leading the Commanders to the playoffs for the first time since 2020, is the 2024 Rookie of the Year and the Offensive Rookie of the Year, chosen in voting conducted by the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA).
Los Angeles Rams linebacker Jared Verse, who led NFL rookies in quarterback hits, pressures and hurries, is the 2024 Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Daniels, the second overall selection in the 2024 NFL Draft out of LSU, started all 17 games for the Commanders and completed 331 of 480 passes (69 percent; sixth in the NFL) for 3,568 yards, 25 touchdowns, nine interceptions and a passer rating of 100.1 (seventh in the NFL). He also had 148 rush attempts for 891 yards (second-most among NFL quarterbacks) and six touchdowns. He is the first player in NFL history to record over 1,000 passing yards and over 250 rushing yards in his first five career games. Daniels also is the first rookie and fifth player in NFL history to record a completion percentage of 80 percent or higher in four games in a season, and the sixth rookie QB to throw five touchdowns in a game. His 31 touchdowns (25 passing, six rushing) and his 891 rushing yards are both second among all NFL rookies this season. Daniels’ 3,568 passing yards is second among NFL rookies, and he also rushed for 55 first downs. He was the NFL Offensive Player of the Week in Week 3 and the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Month for September.
Daniels is the second player in Washington history to be selected as the PFWA’s Rookie of the Year, as running back Mike Thomas captured the 1975 award. Daniels is also the second Washington player to be the PFWA’s Offensive Rookie of the Year, joining quarterback Robert Griffin III, who won the award in 2012.
Eli Manning misses Pro Football Hall of Fame on first ballot – Michael Eisen, Giants.com
Manning’s career record of 117-117 may have prevented him from making the cut in 2025.
NEW ORLEANS – Eli Manning must wait at least a year to join the immortals in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The most prolific quarterback in Giants history is not in the Hall’s Class of 2025, which was announced Thursday night during the NFL Honors telecast from the Saenger Theater here, just two miles from the Garden District house in which he grew up with his parents and two older brothers.
Manning led the Giants to victories against the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI and was the most valuable player in both games. Manning holds 20 franchise records, including almost every significant passing mark.
This was the first year of Hall of Fame eligibility for Manning, who retired following the 2019 season after spending his entire 16-year career with the Giants. He was the only quarterback among the 15 modern era finalists.
The 50-person selection committee elected the following four players for the Class of 2025: wide receiver Sterling Sharpe, defensive end Jared Allen, cornerback Eric Allen, and tight end Antonio Gates.
Manning will be eligible again next year, when former players on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time will include quarterbacks Drew Brees (who is second all-time in career completions, passing yards and touchdowns) and Philip Rivers (for whom Manning was traded in the 2004 NFL Draft), wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, running back Frank Gore, tight end Jason Witten and Maurkice Pouncey, a nine-time Pro Bowl center.
