Quietly, Comeback Player of the Year has become another award historically dominated by quarterbacks.
Since the hardware was reintroduced to the league in 1997, signal-callers have overwhelmingly been the choice of voters. In fact, six quarterbacks won consecutively from 2008 to ’13, and now we’re on another five-year streak with Andrew Luck, Ryan Tannehill, Alex Smith, Joe Burrow and Geno Smith.
However, this year is unique with Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s being the runaway favorite to win the award after needing to be revived on the field in Week 17 against the Bengals. With Hamlin now cleared to play once more, many believe he has the obvious inside track to the award.
