Hello, welcome to another special edition of Bird Words! The NFL season came to a close last weekend and now we head into the playoffs. The NFL official all-pro lists came out yesterday, and the NFL awards are only a month away, where we officially get to see who wins awards like NFL MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and more.
While I do not have a vote, I do have some opinions. Today I’ll list out who I believe to be deserving of each NFL award, and who I would put on my personal First and Second team NFL All-Pro lists.
NFL Most Valuable Player
Lamar Jackson - QB Baltimore Ravens
2nd: Russel Wilson
3rd: Christian McCaffery
4th: Patrick Mahomes
5th: Ryan Tannehill
Offensive Player of the Year
Lamar Jackson - QB Baltimore Ravens
2nd: Christian McCaffery
3rd: Michael Thomas
4th: Derrick Henry
5th: Dalvin Cook
Defensive Player of the Year
Za’Darius Smith - EDGE Green Bay Packers
2nd: Nick Bosa
3rd: Stephon Gilmore
4th: Shaquil Barrett
5th: Chandler Jones
Offensive Rookie of the Year:
1st: Josh Jacobs - RB Oakland Raiders
2nd: AJ Brown
3rd: Kyler Murray
4th: Miles Sanders
5th: Terry McLaurin
Defensive Rookie of the Year
1st: Nick Bosa - EDGE San Francisco 49ers
2nd: Maxx Crosby
3rd: Devin Bush
4th: Brian Burns
5th: Darnell Savage
Comeback Player of the Year
1st: Ryan Tannehill - Tennessee Titans
2nd: Darren Waller
3rd: Dalvin Cook
4th: Travis Fredrick
5th: Jimmy Garropolo
Coach of the Year
1st: Sean Payton - Saints
2nd: Jim Harbaugh
3rd: Andy Reid
4th: Bill Belichick
5th: Pete Carroll
All NFL First Team:
QB: Lamar Jackson - Baltimore Ravens
RB: Derrick Henry - Tennessee Titans
RB: Christian McCaffery - Carolina Panthers
WR: Chris Godwin - Tampa Bay Bucaneers
WR: Michael Thomas - New Orleans Saints
TE: Travis Kelce - Kansas City Chiefs
T: Ronnie Stanley - Baltimore Ravens
T: David Bakhtiary - Green Bay Packers
G: Marshal Yanda - Baltimore Ravens
G: Quenton Nelson - Indianapolis Colts
C: Frank Ragnow - Detroit Lions
DT: Aaron Donald - Los Angeles Rams
DT: Jordan Phillips - Buffalo Bills
EDGE: ZaDarius Smith - Green Bay Packers
EDGE: Nick Bosa - San Francisco 49ers
LB: Blake Martinez - Green Bay Packers
LB: Zach Cunningham - Houston Texans
LB: Demario Davis - New Orleans Saints
CB: Stephon Gilmore - New England Patriots
CB: Marlon Humphrey - Baltimore Ravens
S: Minkah Fitzpatrick - Pittsburgh Steelers
S: Anthony Harris - Minnesota Vikings
Second team: Russel Wilson, Nick Chubb, Dalvin Cook, Julio Jones, Kenny Golladay, George Kittle, Lane Johnson, Ryan Ramczyk, Brandon Brooks, Brandon Scherff, Jason Kelce
Grady Jarret, Cameron Heyward, Shaquil Barret, Chandler Jones, Bobby Wagner, Lavonte David, Eric Kendricks, Tre’Davious White, Richard Sherman, Tyrann Mathieu, Budda Baker
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