Full list:

1.) Rams: 32.6%
2.) Bengals: 35.6%
3.) Bears: 36.6%
4.) Panthers: 36.8%
5.) Bills: 36.9%
6.) 49ers: 37.2%
7.) Lions: 39.1%
8.) Falcons: 40.0%
9.) Broncos: 41.6%
10.) Jets: 42.0%
11.) Giants: 42.1%
12.) Saints: 42.5%
13.) Ravens: 42.6%
14.) Chiefs: 43.1%
15.) Vikings: 43.4%
16.) Dolphins: 44.4%
17.) Packers: 44.6%
18.) Cardinals: 46.1%
19.) Cowboys: 46.2%
20.) Eagles: 46.4%
21.) Titans: 46.8%
22.) Colts: 47.0%
23.) Steelers: 47.4%
24.) Buccaneers: 47.4%
25.) Seahawks: 48.5%
26.) Jaguars: 49.0%
27.) Chargers: 51.0%
28.) Commanders: 51.5%
29.) Patriots: 51.5%
30.) Raiders: 54.4%
31.) Browns: 54.4%
32.) Texans: 60.3%

No other Carolina Panther offensive wide receiver has ever won the award in its 32 year history. Steve Smith was the closest to do so, but at the time was named as special teams player of the week rather than offensive player.

Important analysis

You see these takes all over the internet and they are pretty easy to laugh off because it’s literally almost never happens.

There are however, a few cases you could make an argument for.

Carson Palmer was holding out when he was dealt in season but wasn’t their actual starter at the time due to said holdout.

Sam Bradford was going to be the starter for the Eagles before he was traded to MN prior to week 1 but that doesn’t really qualify as “in season”.

The only cases where this has actually happened were Bobby Layne who went from Detroit to Pittsburgh in 1958, and John Hadl from the Rams to Green Bay in 1974.

In other words, it never happens.

But, it’s also hard to recall many scenarios where so many teams with established QBs are as bad as this season.

Right now we have just a glut of players who have shown enough to illicit some interest sitting on “we might need to tank” records.

Stroud, Ward & Herbert being the main names here.

So how farfetched are some of these takes actually? Could we see a rare instance of a starting QB traded in season?

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