Tag: PWFA

Pro Football Writers name C.J. Stroud NFL Rookie of the Year

Congrats to C.J. Stroud! #GoBucks

We knew it was coming, and now it is official. There’s still more hardware likely to come, but on Tuesday, former Ohio State and current Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was named the PFWA Rookie of the Year.

If you paid attention, you no doubt know that the award was rightfully earned. Stroud put together one of the best rookie seasons any NFL quarterback has ever enjoyed. He helped lead a Texans team that won just two games in the 2022-2023 season make it to the second round of the playoffs by throwing for 4,108 yards and 23 touchdowns against just five interceptions.

He broke a couple of NFL quarterback rookie records by tossing 191 passes to start a career without an interception and throwing the most passing yards in a single game by a rookie (470). He also led the league in touchdown to interception ratio (23:5), tied for the most touchdowns by a rookie in a game (5), and playoff game(3), and more.

Congrats to Stroud and we can’t wait to see what the rest of his future holds.

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Steelers HC Mike Tomlin snubbed as PFWA Coach of the Year

Mike Tomlin’s hobbled Steelers almost made the playoffs.

The Professional Football Writers of America announced their end of season awards for coaches and executives for the 2019 season.  Unfortunately, despite the masterful effort of head coach Mike Tomlin went unnoticed by the PFWA and instead coach of the year went to Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh.

There is no denying the turnaround the Ravens made this season. But if we are really honest with ourselves, was it because of Harbaugh or more about the play of quarterback Lamar Jackson? Yes, I know Harbaugh had the foresight to cut Jackson loose and this is to be applauded.

But Tomlin took a team who lost its best running back and wide receiver before the start of the season, its franchise quarterback in the second game of the season and a host of other injuries to starters on both sides of the ball.

Yet, this team was still squarely in the mix to make the playoffs in the final week of the season. And ultimately losing the final three games of the season when they were so vital reflects heavily on the head coach.

Do you think Tomlin should have been coach of the year or did the late-season sputter doom his chances?

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