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One of the 10 quarterbacks on the NFL’s 100th anniversary team (Roger Staubach) was never named first-team All Pro by any major publication.
(Though he did win Bert Bell Player of the Year and was a 2nd-team All Pro in 1971, and had a number of 1st-team All Conference seasons.) https://twitter.com/sfy/status/1296945178146734080
(Though he did win Bert Bell Player of the Year and was a 2nd-team All Pro in 1971, and had a number of 1st-team All Conference seasons.) https://twitter.com/sfy/status/1296945178146734080
Drew Brees only has one first-team All Pro, but it came in 2006 and was a total narrative award because Peyton was head and shoulders the best QB that year.
Dan Fouts set the single-season passing record in 1979, broke it in 1980, broke it again in 1981, and was on pace to break it again (and top 5,000 yards) before the 1982 player strike. The AP never once named him MVP, though the PFWA and NEA did in ‘82. (The AP picked a kicker.)
Tired: The Associated Press MVP is the “official” NFL MVP award.
Wired: In 1982 the AP gave its MVP award to a kicker who missed three extra points instead of a quarterback on pace for 5100 passing yards.
Inspired: The only official MVP is the Joe F. Carr, last awarded in 1946.
Wired: In 1982 the AP gave its MVP award to a kicker who missed three extra points instead of a quarterback on pace for 5100 passing yards.
Inspired: The only official MVP is the Joe F. Carr, last awarded in 1946.
