O Really wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:15 am
I'm mainly just yanking your Ravens chain - Jackson is by any measure a great player even without a trip to the Super Bowl. I'm just not sure the trophy shouldn't be named "Best Offensive Backfield Player" instead of "Most Valuable." F'rinstance, you're never ever going to see another MVP go to a kicker, even if you have one that scored on all his kicks and literally won 3-4 games on last minute kicks under adverse circumstances.
I know, just being thorough in partially agreeing with then debunking the trash talk.
Bad link above. Here: The
National Football League Most Valuable Player Award (NFL MVP)
It includes a
List of winners without naming their positions.
The official NFL winner is the
AP NFL MVP, and it's exactly as you say.
Always offensive backfield going back to 1986
Almost always QB, the last RB was:
2012 RB Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings
1986 was:
ROLB Lawrence Taylor New York Giants
The only other defender going back to 1957 was:
1971 RDT Alan Page Minnesota Vikings
Taylor and Page were monsters, but it should be even more defenders. It's never a receiver, defensive back or kick returner
Nor punter
There was one kicker:
1982 K Mark Moseley Washington, DC
In the strike-shortened 1982 season,
Moseley converted 23 straight field goals from 1981-82, (a record at the time), made a league-leading 20 of 21 field goals, a then-record 95.2 success rate, and was responsible for 76 points.
Just 9 games. 95.2% was a career best. They didn't even try from 50+ yards back then. He was shakier on XPs, just 16 of 19 when he had 100% years.
Theismann, Riggins and the receivers all had a good year, but not dominant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Wash ... ason_Stats
Maybe Moseley was the default pick from the best team?
... Moseley had a much rougher time in the postseason, missing four field goals in Washington's two postseason games. But in the Washington Redskins' 27–17 victory in Super Bowl XVII over the Miami Dolphins, Moseley kicked two field goals and was successful on all three of his extra point attempts. During the following season, he led the NFL in scoring with 161 points. He also kicked the game-winning field goal in Washington's 24-21 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the (1983-84) NFC championship game, despite missing four prior attempts in the game.
Not quite Mr January, just like Lamar
Moseley is still alive, age 75.
38 year old
Adrian Peterson did not play in 2023, but Wiki doesn't say that he's officially retired. I think RBs usually last 3 years. Theismann and Riggins are both 74. Lawrence Taylor is 65. Retired Minnesota state Supreme Court judge,
"the first African-American to serve on that court" 
, Alan Page is 78.
, but bittersweet.
He was also 3rd in NFL MVP voting, edging out #4 Brock Purdy for locker room bragging rights.
Adele didn't say anything about Jason Kelce. It was New Heights who did that:
