Yeah, there's no way I was going to talk about anyone but Nakamura for this prompt. I've been doing a series writing up on running back efficiency, which last season would have utterly ruined some top contenders for the RBotY award. Now, though? It just makes Nakamura stand out even harder. His first bad game was last week, and that came off of the heels of back to back 3 touchdown performances. Hell, even in last game he blocked someone on the last play of the game to assure it went for a touchdown instead of getting tackled. He has 10 rushing touchdowns, leading the league there, 2 receiving touchdowns, which only expands his lead for total touchdowns, and the most yards. Now, some might say that he shouldn't be considered the best running back due to having so many attempts and how he is below 5 yards per carry, in a league with 4 other high usage backs with 5 yards per carry or higher. This is where I get to lean on my series a bit, and point out that in terms of running efficiency he's about 3.5% higher than any of those other running backs in terms of efficiency. There's still half the season to go, but right now he's my easy pick for RBotY.
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