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Lamar Jackson wins 2nd MVP award (Original Post) True Dough Feb 2024 OP
Congratulations to Lamar calguy Feb 2024 #1
Good for him. mahina Feb 2024 #2
Interesting that Jim Brown is the only non-QB on the list. dameatball Feb 2024 #3
'Tis interesting True Dough Feb 2024 #4
Barry Sanders comes to mind. Toiled too many years on a mediocre team. But MVP is supposedly for a single dameatball Feb 2024 #5
Worthy candidates True Dough Feb 2024 #6
Awesome catch! QED Feb 2024 #7

calguy

(5,768 posts)
1. Congratulations to Lamar
Thu Feb 8, 2024, 11:43 PM
Feb 2024

They obviously didn't take his last game in the playoffs to account. Unfortunately for him, if he doesn't win the big one, he'll go down in history as the player who couldn't deliver in the big games when it counted.

True Dough

(20,296 posts)
4. 'Tis interesting
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 12:03 PM
Feb 2024

It goes to show how the game revolves around the QB more often than not. Good luck winning MVP as a defensive player! There is an award for defensive (and offensive) player of the year, however.

Any non-quarterback in particular you can think of who you consider deserving of being on that MVP list?

dameatball

(7,603 posts)
5. Barry Sanders comes to mind. Toiled too many years on a mediocre team. But MVP is supposedly for a single
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 12:18 PM
Feb 2024

season, so might want to throw Eric Dickerson and OJ in there as well. The farther one goes back it becomes harder to seperate career accomplishments from single season. Lawrence Taylor at one pont perhaps.

True Dough

(20,296 posts)
6. Worthy candidates
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 12:33 PM
Feb 2024

Among receivers, Calvin "Megatron" Johnson still holds the record for most receiving yards in a single season with 1,964 (although Cooper Kupp came close to surpassing that mark in 2021).

Johnson's record was set in 2012. Unfortunately for him, Adrian Peterson ran for 2,097 yards that season.

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