As a voter in the annual Associated Press NFL Awards, I said early enough that Thomas would receive my support for Offensive Player of the Year. And in fact he took the hardware home, becoming the second recipient to win the award (joining Jerry Rice). There are faster, more electric runs in the NFL, but right now nobody is more dominant in the game than this fifth-year pro in New Orleans. And that’s what it’s about.
Thomas entered the NFL in 2016 and immediately caught 92 passes for 1,137 yards. His production steadily increased in 2017 (104 catches, 1,245 yards) and ’18 (125 catches, 1,405 yards), but reached a completely different level last year. Thomas broke Marvin Harrison’s one-season record with 149 catches and led the NFL in receiving yards with 1,725 - 331 yards more than Julio Jones’ second-ranked total of 1,394. The crazy part is that New Orleans’ second leading wide receiver was Ted Ginn Jr. with 30 catches for 421 yards. So when Drew Brees happened again, all the world I knew where the ball was going. But no one could cover number 13. I think the guy has the correct Twitter ID: @CantGuardMike.
