Aaron Rodgers Named NFL MVP by PFWA
Rodgers becomes just the seventh player in NFL history to two or more MVP awards by the PFWA.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named the NFL's MVP by the Pro Football Writers of America on Wednesday.
Rodgers, in his 10th NFL season, is the 40th MVP honored by the PFWA. This the second MVP award for Rodgers, who also was selected in 2011. This is the fourth PFWA MVP award for the Packers franchise (Rodgers 2011 and 2014 and QB Brett Favre in 1995 and 1996). Rodgers is the seventh player in NFL history to earn two or more MVP honors by the PFWA, joining Tom Brady, Earl Campbell, Marshall Faulk, Favre, Peyton Manning and Steve Young.
Rodgers started all 16 games in 2014 and completed 340 of 520 passes (65.6 completion percentage) for 4,381 yards, 38 touchdowns and a 112.2 passer rating with a career-low five interceptions as the Packers went 12-4 in the regular season. He tied the NFL record for most three-TD/zero-interception games in a single season in NFL history with eight (including a streak of four straight games at one point), and tied a franchise record with eight 300-yard passing games. He led the league in interception percentage (1.0), was second in passer rating (112.2) and touchdown percentage (7.3) and third in TD passes. Rodgers tied a NFL record for most touchdown passes in one half when he tossed six TDs in the first half against Chicago in Week 10. He was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week four times and the NFC’s Offensive Player of the Month in November.
Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray, who led the league in rushing yards with 1,845, was selected as the 2014 Offensive Player of the Year, and Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, who had 20.5 sacks and led the league in tackles for loss, quarterback hits and fumble recoveries, was named the 2014 Defensive Player of the Year.
The NFL recognized MVP Award given by the Associated Press will be announced Jan. 31 at the annual NFL Honors awards show, televised on NBC.
Disclaimer: Although I am a member of the PFWA, I willingly choose not to vote due to an admitted lack of greater knowledge of the NFL outside of the Packers.
Comments (9)
Big Moe
January 14, 2015 at 12:50 pm
Well Deserved. Go Pack!
4thand1
January 14, 2015 at 01:02 pm
NO BRAINER! Now an MVP performance in Seattle.
Evan
January 14, 2015 at 01:36 pm
"Rodgers started all 16 games in 2014..."
But missed at least 1 game's worth of playing time because he was kicking too much ass.
DrealynWilliams
January 14, 2015 at 02:13 pm
Niiiiiiice!
Evan
January 14, 2015 at 01:40 pm
Also, I wonder, historically, how much overlap there has been between the PFWA MVP and the AP one.
Leo V Smith
January 14, 2015 at 03:16 pm
Who figured Rodgers would be as good or better than Favre WITH OUT the interceptions!
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January 14, 2015 at 10:14 pm
This should have been his third. How Pederson won it last year with his yardage and not Offensive Player or the year is beyond me.
Rogers led a crippled team to the playoffs last year. Pederson ran for a lot of yards but no league championship, no playoffs. How MVP was that?
NewNikeShoes
January 14, 2015 at 10:33 pm
*Peterson
*He won it in 2012. P. Manning won it last year.
Peterson wrecked everyone that year (2012). He deserved to win.
Peterson single-handadly led his team TO THE PLAYOFFS.
That's pretty damn MVP, IMO.
Rodgers didn't lead last year. Well, he did for the beginning and the last game.
He got injured. The entire damn team got injured.
If he didn't get injured, he would have won. Easily
SKOL, the vikings will always suck
4thand1
January 14, 2015 at 11:13 pm
Fubbard always gets things wrong. He should try posting sober.