NFL mid-season awards: Drake Maye builds MVP case as Myles Garrett dominates again

The NFL season is at the halfway point on the road to Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California.

Sky Sports NFL experts Jason Bell and Phoebe Schecter hand out some of their mid-season awards, from MVP to Rookie of the Year...

"I don't like how it was looking against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but obviously this offense has been phenomenal. When you got Daniel Jones playing the way he had been playing up until this point, you got to look at Shane Steichen and what he's done."

"We've both said Shane Steichen. I mean, just to be able to take this team to where they were at in 7-1 and now 7-2. It's been phenomenal."

"He's explosive down the field, he's making it happen, his receiving core is back, he's entertaining. That's an MVP."

"I did also think Patrick Mahomes, right, because he's phenomenal? But Drake Maye, he's got way less than anybody else, and what he's able to do, he's given the Patriots life. I also feel like Mike Vrabel probably could be up there in a potential Head Coach of the Year conversation with Mike Macdonald over in Seattle. But I just think Drake Maye has been lights out this year."

"He could be MVP, but you know MVP always goes to a quarterback, right? That gets the first seat and the bye for the playoffs, so I had to go with him for Offensive Player of the Year."

"It's a copycat league. I got to copy my guy here. I went with Jonathan Taylor just for what he's been able to do, he's given this Colts life again. That's why you talk about the head coach, the best coaches, you know, you usually have the best players. So the two go hand in hand."

"Myles Garrett is balling and he's phenomenal. I see why Phoebe went with him. I went with Micah Parsons because when you got that trade, how is he going to disrupt everything? And if this team is going to go into the playoffs and have success, it's going to be because of his performance. He's a man on the field."

"Myles Garrett comes into the season and says, 'I've got goals'. He knows he's not on a good team, but he's got goals for himself. He wants to be the all-time leader in sacks and he's en route to making that happen. He wants to be Defensive Player of the Year again. I love a guy that is finding ways to win every week. When you're on a bad team, you're like, 'guys how many first downs can we get today?' and that's what I feel like this is happening for Myles Garrett."

"He's been phenomenal. Not only catching the ball, but in run blocking. Being a tight end and being out there able to handle defensive ends and go out there and catch the ball. This guy has been phenomenal."

"Egbuka has emerged as one of Baker Mayfield's most trusted targets and made an immediate impact in the NFL. He already has 34 catches for 562 yards and five touchdowns in his first year and has played a starring role in why Baker has become an MVP contender."

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