[North Woods]

I'll give Barkeley the 386 yards receiving he's had as well.  Love still leads him in yards from scrimmage (per game) 218 - 192, and in yards per play 10.9 - 8.5.  Two years ago, McCaffrey beat out Fournette in yards from scrimmage (per game) 190 - 184 and in yards per play 7.0 - 6.9.

Barkeley does have a 25-yard advantage in all-purpose yardage per game over Love, but if McCaffrey's 93 all-purpose yard advantage over Fournette was dismissed as inflated because it included "easy" kick-off return yardage, I don't see how you now include Barkeley's return yardage as well.

BC

Agreed, the arguments used against McCaffrey are now being used for Barkley. Ideally these would also adjust for "normal" for each type of play e.g. a kickoff only adds value to a team if they get past the starting point after a touchback, and is only above average if they get past where a team starts on average.

We're early enough that at this point I'm more amused than frustrated by the inconsistencies. A lot will happen with these and other players to shape the H race. Having said that, this does highlight that the award is far from being an unbiased recognition -- which unfortunately we knew already.

[North Woods]

I'll give Barkeley the 386 yards receiving he's had as well.  Love still leads him in yards from scrimmage (per game) 218 - 192, and in yards per play 10.9 - 8.5.  Two years ago, McCaffrey beat out Fournette in yards from scrimmage (per game) 190 - 184 and in yards per play 7.0 - 6.9.

Barkeley does have a 25-yard advantage in all-purpose yardage per game over Love, but if McCaffrey's 93 all-purpose yard advantage over Fournette was dismissed as inflated because it included "easy" kick-off return yardage, I don't see how you now include Barkeley's return yardage as well.

BC

Agreed, the arguments used against McCaffrey are now being used for Barkley. Ideally these would also adjust for "normal" for each type of play e.g. a kickoff only adds value to a team if they get past the starting point after a touchback, and is only above average if they get past where a team starts on average.

We're early enough that at this point I'm more amused than frustrated by the inconsistencies. A lot will happen with these and other players to shape the H race. Having said that, this does highlight that the award is far from being an unbiased recognition -- which unfortunately we knew already.