AMERICAN FOOTBALL: Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford most valuable player of the NFL
In the closest MVP vote in the NFL since 2003, when Peyton Manning and Steve McNair shared the award, Stafford secured 366 points, just five more than New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who finished second in a poll of 50 journalists.
TL;DR
- Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams is named NFL MVP.
- Stafford won by a narrow margin of five points over Drake Maye of the New England Patriots.
- Josh Allen, Christian McCaffrey, and Trevor Lawrence rounded out the top five MVP voting.
- Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns was unanimously named Defensive Player of the Year.
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seattle Seahawks was named Offensive Player of the Year.
- Mike Vrabel of the New England Patriots received Coach of the Year honors.
- Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers won Comeback Player of the Year.
- Other awards included Defensive Rookie of the Year (Jerod Mayo), Offensive Rookie of the Year (Tee Higgins), and Assistant Coach of the Year (Josh McDaniels).