Josh Allen earned his first MVP award last night at the NFL honors event. The QB edged out Lamar Jackson and Saquon Barkley.
Allen, who led Buffalo to a fifth straight AFC East title, got 27 first-place votes to Jackson’s 23 and finished with 383 points. He racked-up 22 second-place votes plus a third.
Jackson finished with 26 second-place votes and one fourth for a total of 362 points.
Barkley finished third (120 points) followed by Joe Burrow (82) and Jared Goff (47).
There was a lot of debate as to who should win. Jackson had the better numbers but had the help of Derrick Henry and Barkley was the beneficiary of a massive Philadelphia Eagles line — will a running back ever win again?
Allen didn’t have much to work with and handed the Chiefs their only loss and eliminated the Ravens from the playoffs.
Jackson and the Ravens did crush the Bills, but the emergence of Henry blunted Jackson’s hopes.
Funny thing, Allen was not named as AP first-team All-Pro. So he’s the MVP but not even best statistically at his position!
The 2024 NFL Awards
AP Most Valuable Player presented by Invisalign: Josh Allen
AP Coach of the Year: Kevin O’Connell
AP Offensive Player of the Year presented by Microsoft Surface: Saquon Barkley
AP Defensive Player of the Year: Pat Surtain II
AP Comeback Player of the Year: Joe Burrow
AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Jayden Daniels
AP Defensive Rookie of the Year presented by TCL: Jared Verse
AP Assistant Coach of the Year: Ben Johnson
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year presented by Nationwide: Arik Armstead
Salute to Service Award presented by USAA: George Kittle
Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award: Josh Allen
Deacon Jones Sack Leader Award: Trey Hendrickson
Jim Brown Award: Saquon Barkley
NFL Fan of the Year presented by Captain Morgan: Megan Stefanski
NFL FLAG Players of the Year award presented by Toyota:
Girls: Josie Clayton
Boys: Daniel Berry
NFL Latino Youth Honors presented by P&G: Sophie Guitron:Mariano Talamantez, Green Bay Packers
Next Gen Stats Moment of the Year powered by AWS: Jayden Daniels
FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Year:
Air: Josh Allen
Ground: Ja’Mar Chase