2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class: Tony Boselli (OT Jacksonville Jaguars/Houston Texans), Cliff Branch (WR Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders), Leroy Butler (DB Green Bay Packers), Sam Mills (LB Cleveland Browns/New Orleans Saints/Carolina Panthers), Art McNally (Official), Richard Seymour (DE New England Patriots/Oakland Raiders), Dick Vermeil (Head Coach St. Louis Rams/Philadelphia Eagles/Kansas City Chiefs) and Bryant Young (DT/DE San Francisco 49ers)
Walter Peyton Man Of The Year: Andrew Whitworth, OT Los Angeles Rams
AP Comeback Player Of The Year: Joe Burrow, QB Cincinnati Bengals
AP Defensive Rookie Of The Year: Micah Parsons, OLD/DE Dallas Cowboys
AP Offensive Rookie Of The Year: Ja'Marr Chase, WR Cincinnati Bengals
Pepsi Rookie Of The Year: Ja'Marr Chase, WR Cincinnati Bengals
AP Defensive Player Of The Year: T.J. Watt, OLB Pittsburgh Steelers
AP Offensive Player Of The Year: Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams
AP Assistant Coach Of The Year: Dan Quinn, DC Dallas Cowboys
AP Coach Of The Year: Mike Vrabel, Tennessee Titans
AP Most Valuable Player: Aaron Rogers, QB Green Bay Packers
So we stick with looking at the big awards, and honestly there aren't too many surprises here. Look at Ja'Marr Chase, who took home both offensive and overall rookie of the year. When he was taken by the Bengals 5th overall in the draft, he went on record of saying that he was going to re write the record books for the Bengals in receiving. He pretty much was spot on. He set Cincinnati's team record for most receiving yards in a single game (266) and a single season (1,455), hauling in 81 receptions for an 18.0 yards per reception average. Oh and he became the first Bengals player to have multiple 200-yard games in the same season (ESPN). Those were eye popping numbers and Chase was a big reason why the Bengals, a 10-7 team, won the AFC this season. Then there's what Cooper Kupp did for the Rams. He lead the NFL in catches (145), yards (1,947) and touchdowns (16). He's only the fourth wide out in league history to win the receiving triple crown, joining Jerry Rice (1990) and Sterling Sharpe (1992) and Steve Smith (2005). Kupp was Mr. Everything in the passing attack for the Rams and look where we ended up over the weekend. There was nobody better in the air attack in football this year than Kupp.
What Micah Parsons did for Dallas on the defensive side of the ball, being as versatile as he is, allowed for the Cowboys defense to throw off the opposition on quite a few plays this year. He finished the year with 84 tackles and 13 sacks, which were the 3rd most by a rookie since that became a stat in 1982. Then there's what T.J. Watt did for the Steelers. It makes this even more impressive what Watt did for the Steelers this year. He missed two full games, and parts of other games as well due to injury. He still finished the year with 22.5 sacks, which tied the single season record for sacks. This coming off the year when Watt signed a deal making him the highest paid defensive player in the league. He had something to prove, and he went out and did it.
Giving out coach of the year to Mike Vrabel seemed like the general way to go this year with the award. I mean think about what the Titans had to go through this year, finishing with the best record in the AFC during the regular season. They had to use 91 different players on a game day this season, which was a league record. And they missed a chunk of time from players like Derrick Henry, Julio Jones, A.J. Brown and Bud Dupree. And they still managed to finish with the AFC's top record. Hats of to Vrabel for doing what he managed to do with this team.
And then there's Aaron Rogers winning MVP this year. I had a feeling that, going into this year, Rogers was going to go off and have a big year and he did. Rogers threw 38 touchdowns and just four picks. FOUR. That's one less then he threw all of last season are you kidding me. This guy did it all while missing a game to to the controversy over his vaccination status in the middle of the season. I had this feeling that going into the year he was going to come out angry from the start due to what he felt was shall we say a low offer from the Packers heading into the year and he wasn't happy with the team. He still went out and showed us all that he was the best player win the league this year. Oh and he also became the fifth player in league history to win the MVP in consecutive seasons.
So what do you guys think? Any wrong choices for awards this year?
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