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The Cleveland Browns 2020 Mid-Year award winners

By Chad Porto

Nov 1, 2020; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) walks off the field during a time out in the first half against the Las Vegas Raiders at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 1, 2020; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) walks off the field during a time out in the first half against the Las Vegas Raiders at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Cleveland Browns are at the mid-way point of their season, and that means it’s time to look at which players earned which mid-year award.

These are the mid-year selections for the most common awards seen in the NFL. The amount of time a player has clocked in on the field, next to how many big plays they make and their general play-to-play production will be the key factors here. These are not to be taken as a final evaluation of the award or the player who is chosen to win it. This is merely the mid-year projection of where these awards currently are.

The categories will be the obvious ones. Comeback Player, Most Improved, Best New Addition, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the  Year, and the Most Valuable Player of the year. For the Offensive Player of the Year, it’s an MVP category for us. So whoever is sitting in the MVP chair, so to speak, won’t be nominated for that category.

So with that, let’s start.

Comeback Player of the Mid-Year: Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield has had a heck of a start to 2020. He’s off to the best start of his pro career at 5-3, with 15 touchdowns, 1,514 yards while completing passes at a clip of 61.4%. These are far better numbers than his chaotic 2019 season. While some fans erroneously claim that the Browns are winning in spite of Mayfield, that’s simply not the case. Mayfield has been the most consistent offensive player all year and has carried the offense while Nick Chubb has been out. Big names like Kareem Hunt, Odell Beckham Jr., and Jarvis Landry have largely been non-factors either, for one reason or another.

Runner Up: Kareem Hunt

While Hunt isn’t putting up huge numbers as he did in Kansas City, nor is he running the ball nearly as well as Nick Chubb had been, Hunt’s duality on the field has made him an important piece. He’s got 642 all-purpose yards and seven total touchdowns. If he was rushing the ball better or had better yards receiving, he might make a better case for the award.

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