Do you think Micah Parsons will win his first DPOY in 2025?
When it comes to awards in the NFL there is some narrative involved. This has to be understood.
People have noted this in the past with figures like Bill Belichick or LeBron James. You can argue that Belichick was “Coach of the Year” on many more occasions than he actually won it and the same with LeBron and MVP in the NBA. The narrative requires that it sometimes moves around, though.
This is an important distinction at the moment for the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year Award. Entering the 2025 season there are several active players who have won it in Myles Garrett, Nick Bosa, T.J. Watt and most recently Patrick Surtain II.
Surtain was the first cornerback to win it since Stephon Gilmore and only the second to do so in the last 15 years. It is generally (again, narrative matters) an award that goes to pass rushers. With the game’s top ones having one the next part of the conversation is which ones near that top level don’t have one to their name.
The most logical names to consider in this respect are Micah Parsons, Aidan Hutchinson and Maxx Crosby. This isn’t to say that one of them is a lock to win it, but you get the point. “Doing the math” suggests that Parsons has a very strong chance to win it this year.
Do you think that will happen? No one is asking you to predict the future, but based on the narrative, is this finally the year?
Let us know in the comments below!