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Josh Allen Wins Historic NFL MVP Honor: A Close Call in the Race
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2/7/2025
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In this year's MVP honor, tightly contested between two guys, two quarterbacks, Baltimore's
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Lamar Jackson, Buffalo's Josh Allen, a historic MVP handed out last night, not just the closest
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MVP race we have seen in nearly a decade. Since 2016, Josh Allen, 27 first place votes, Lamar
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Jackson, 23 first place votes. Josh Allen becomes the first winner of the NFL MVP award since 1987
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that won the award by himself. So a solo MVP winner in the National Football League to not
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be named a first team NFL All-Pro because that designation on the AP All-Pro first team at the
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quarterback spot was the reigning MVP in Lamar Jackson. Joe, I don't think it's overly shocking
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to see Josh Allen win the NFL MVP award. He is more than deserving of it. He made history time
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and again throughout this season with the Buffalo Bills. But I do believe based on the trends and
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what we knew from being that first team All-Pro quarterback and the idea that the same people that
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vote for the All-Pro teams also vote for the MVP award, I do believe it was a little bit stunning
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to see Josh Allen end with the MVP hardware and not Lamar Jackson.
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Well, it's so funny because the same group, Ben, if I'm correct here, that bets on the All-Pro
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is the same group that bets on the MVP, which basically means there were a handful of guys that
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ended up voting Lamar All-Pro but voted Josh Allen the MVP, which is quite honestly,
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it was a two-horse race. You know, some guys are of that mindset where, well, if I'm, you know,
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Lamar, if I'm not voting for Lamar for MVP, I'm voting him All-Pro and that's how they justify it.
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So again, this is nothing more than a popularity contest. The bottom line to me is that both guys
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were deserving. Both guys, Lamar was deserving of the All-Pro and of course, Josh Allen was
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certainly deserving of the MVP. At the end of the day, if you ask both of those guys,
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would you rather be playing Sunday or, you know, holding up the hardware, Ben?
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I think we both know what the answer is today.
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