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Favorites to win NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year honors

With six weeks of the NFL season in the books, we’re starting to get a handle on which rookies are going to make a significant impact this season and really chase rookie of the year honors.

With that in mind, and knowing how the NFL landscape functions, let’s take a look at some of the early favorites for Rookie of the Year honors, as informed by PFF grades.

Offensive Rookie of the Year

As much as analytics has been presenting evidence that running backs aren’t the players contributing the most to winning games, that message is taking its time getting through to much of the NFL landscape.