Aaron Rodgers was named the 2020 AP MVP in Saturday’s NFL Honors, completing the most-viewed crowning in the past two months. This is the third time Rodgers has won the league MVP title.
Rodgers’ win as MVP came by a high margin as he collected 44 votes, with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen coming in second with four votes and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (obtaining two votes).
In the historic offensive explosion of the 2020 season, Rodgers was better than the rest, completing over 70% of his passes for 4,299 yards and a 48-5 touchdown to interception ratio. His passer rating finished just one point below his first MVP season of 2011, nearly a decade before Rodgers’ last achievement at 37, and he led the league in the category in 2020 with 121.5.
After throwing 26 touchdown passes in his first year under head coach Matt LaFleur, Rodgers nearly doubled that total in 2020, helping the offensive-minded LaFleur lead a unit that has thrived in the during their second season together. The Rodgers-led Packers offense was first in points per game, second in passing yards per game and fifth in the NFL in yards per game.
Rodgers’ 48 touchdown passes were the most important in a season of his career, as were his winning percentage and yards per attempt. The numbers show what we’ve all seen on the pitch in 2020: Rodgers is evolving in an attack that looks better on him than ever.
The quarterback helped Green Bay finish with a 13-3 record, securing the No.1 seed in the NFC and preparing the Packers for a possible Super Bowl one-seat run, which would have been the second in Rodgers in a career that will undoubtedly be. place it in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Green Bay failed, losing to Tampa Bay in the NFC Championship game, but that shouldn’t stain what was a phenomenal season for Rodgers.
Less than a year after Green Bay drafted their potential successor, Rodgers reigns as the league’s MVP. We can delay planning for his retirement; if 2020 has proven anything, it’s that Rodgers still has a lot of elite football in him.
Alex Smith’s willpower has allowed him not only to continue his career, but also elevate Washington to his first NFC East crown and playoff appearance since 2015. And for that, Smith was officially announced as the player. of the Year 2020 AP NFL Comeback.
Kevin Stefanski’s rookie season as NFL head coach saw him lead the Browns to their first place in the playoffs since 2002 and he brought home the AP Coach of the Year in the process. .
Titans running back Derrick Henry produced the eighth 2,000-yard campaign in history, and the fifth-highest.
All of this helped Henry be named the 2020 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year, as announced at Saturday’s NFL Honors Ceremony.
Aaron Donald of Los Angeles had another dominant season and won another PA Defensive Player of the Year award, his third in the past four seasons.
Chase Young entered the NFL with high expectations as the best defensive player selected in the 2020 draft. The Washington runner-up lived up to them as a rookie.
Young was the obvious choice for Defensive Rookie of the Year.
The Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 was revealed to NFL honors on Saturday night.
The continued inductee announcement took place over a two-hour window and included the inductions of Charles Woodson, Peyton Manning and Calvin Johnson.
Bolts quarterback Justin Herbert’s debut was not planned, but after being propelled into battle, he never looked back. Herbert pitched a rookie record of 31 touchdowns and was named AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Buffalo’s rise was unlikely to have happened without the work of offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, the AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year.
The Packers are hiring Rams assistant head coach / linebacker coach Joe Barry as defensive coordinator, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported on Saturday via a knowledgeable source.
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