12th annual ‘NFL Honors’ picks: Who should win MVP? Coach of the Year?
This Thursday, Feb. 9, Kelly Clarkson will host the 12th annual NFL Honors, which will air live nationally on NBC (simulcast on Peacock and NFL Network) at 9 p.m. ET from Symphony Hall in Phoenix. The annual event features the announcement of the Associated Press awards and the newest class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Before the official hardware is handed out, our analysts provide their picks from among this year’s finalists for eight major individual awards:
- MVP
- Offensive Player of the Year
- Defensive Player of the Year
- Offensive Rookie of the Year
- Defensive Rookie of the Year
- Comeback Player of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- Assistant Coach of the Year
Participating analysts: Michael Baca, Judy Battista, Jeremy Bergman Tom Blair, David Carr, Brooke Cersosimo, Jeffri Chadiha, Eric Edholm, Gennaro Filice, Christian Gonzales, Grant Gordon, DeAngelo Hall, Dan Hanzus, Maurice Jones-Drew, Bobby Kownack, Dan Parr, Kevin Patra, Scott Pioli, Adam Rank, Chad Reuter, Marc Ross, Marc Sessler, Nick Shook, Brenna White, Lance Zierlein.
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MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
(18 votes: Baca, Battista, Bergman, Blair, Carr, Cersosimo, Chadiha, Edholm, Filice, Gonzales, Gordon, Hanzus, Jones-Drew, Kownack, Parr, Patra, Ross, Sessler)
2. Jalen Hurts | 7 votes: Hall, Pioli, Rank, Reuter, Shook, White, Zierlein
T-3. Josh Allen | 0 votes
T-3. Joe Burrow | 0 votes
T-3. Justin Jefferson | 0 votes
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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
(17 votes: Baca, Battista, Bergman, Blair, Cersosimo, Chadiha, Edholm, Filice, Gonzales, Gordon, Hall, Hanzus, Jones-Drew, Kownack, Patra, Rank, Zierlein)
2. Jalen Hurts | 6 votes: Carr, Parr, Pioli, Ross, Sessler, White
3. Patrick Mahomes | 2 votes: Reuter, Shook
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DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
(18 votes: Baca, Battista, Bergman, Blair, Chadiha, Edholm, Gonzales, Gordon, Hall, Hanzus, Jones-Drew, Kownack, Parr, Patra, Sessler, Shook, White, Zierlein)
2. Micah Parsons | 4 votes: Carr, Cersosimo, Rank, Ross
3. Chris Jones | 3 votes: Filice, Pioli, Reuter
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OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
(13 votes: Battista, Bergman, Cersosimo, Chadiha, Edholm, Filice, Gordon, Hanzus, Kownack, Parr, Patra, Reuter, Ross)
2. Kenneth Walker III | 7 votes: Baca, Gonzales, Hall, Jones-Drew, Pioli, Shook, Zierlein
3. Brock Purdy | 5 votes: Blair, Carr, Rank, Sessler, White
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DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
(22 votes: Baca, Battista, Bergman, Carr, Cersosimo, Chadiha, Edholm, Filice, Gonzales, Gordon, Hall, Hanzus, Kownack, Parr, Patra, Pioli, Reuter, Ross, Sessler, Shook, White, Zierlein)
2. Tariq Woolen | 3 votes: Blair, Jones-Drew, Rank
3. Aidan Hutchinson | 0 votes
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COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR
(16 votes: Baca, Battista, Blair, Carr, Cersosimo, Chadiha, Edholm, Gordon, Hall, Hanzus, Jones-Drew, Pioli, Rank, Ross, Sessler, Shook)
2. Saquon Barkley | 5 votes: Bergman, Kownack, Parr, Patra, Zierlein
3. Christian McCaffrey | 4 votes: Filice, Gonzales, Reuter, White
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COACH OF THE YEAR
(11 votes: Battista, Bergman, Carr, Chadiha, Gordon, Hall, Hanzus, Parr, Pioli, Ross, Zierlein)
2. Doug Pederson | 9 votes: Baca, Blair, Cersosimo, Gonzales, Jones-Drew, Kownack, Rank, Reuter, Shook
3. Kyle Shanahan | 5 votes: Edholm, Filice, Patra, Sessler, White
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ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
(15 votes: Baca, Battista, Bergman, Cersosimo, Edholm, Gordon, Hall, Jones-Drew, Parr, Pioli, Rank, Ross, Sessler, Shook, White)
2. Ben Johnson, Lions OC | 8 votes: Blair, Carr, Filice, Gonzales, Hanzus, Kownack, Patra, Zierlein
3. Shane Steichen, Eagles OC | 2 votes: Chadiha, Reuter
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EACH ANALYST’S BALLOT
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