Lamar Jackson, Christian McCaffrey and Dak Prescott are finalists for The Associated Press 2023 NFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards.
The winners can be introduced at NFL Honors on Feb. 8. A nationwide panel of fifty media members who usually cowl the league accomplished voting earlier than the playoffs started.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen and 49ers QB Brock Purdy are also finalists for MVP. Dolphins extensive receiver Tyreek Hill and Cowboys wideout CeeDee Lamb are the opposite two finalists for Offensive Player of the Year.
Jackson, the 2019 NFL MVP, threw for 3,678 yards and 24 touchdowns and in addition ran for 821 yards and 5 scores. He helped the Baltimore Ravens (14-4) end with one of the best file within the league and led them to a playoff win over Houston. Jackson obtained 45 of fifty votes for AP first-group All-Pro.
The Ravens will host the Kansas City Chiefs (13-6) within the AFC championship recreation on Sunday.
Prescott had 4,516 yards passing, an NFL-best 36 TD passes and a 105.9 passer ranking whereas main Dallas to an NFC East title. But the Cowboys had been eradicated within the wild-card spherical by Green Bay.
McCaffrey, a unanimous selections for AP All-Pro, led the NFL with 1,459 yards speeding and had 14 speeding TDs for San Francisco. He additionally had 564 yards receiving for seven scores.
Purdy, McCaffrey and the 49ers (13-5) will host the Detroit Lions (14-5) within the NFC championship recreation on Sunday.
The Cleveland Browns have finalists in 4 classes: Myles Garrett for Defensive Player of the Year; Kevin Stefanski for Coach of the Year; Joe Flacco for Comeback Player of the Year; Jim Schwartz for Assistant Coach of the Year.
The Houston Texans have finalists for Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year. QB C.J. Stroud and edge rusher Will Anderson Jr., chosen again-to-again with the second and third picks within the NFL draft, are aiming to make it two straight years the winners are from the identical group. New York Jets extensive receiver Garrett Wilson and cornerback Sauce Gardner received the awards in 2022.
The Texans routed the Browns in a wild-card playoff earlier than dropping at Baltimore within the divisional spherical.
Cowboys edge Micah Parsons and cornerback DaRon Bland, Raiders edge Maxx Crosby and Steelers edge T.J. Watt be part of Garrett as finalists for Defensive Player of the Year.
Watt led the NFL with 19 sacks, Crosby had 14 1/2 and Garrett and Parsons every had 14. Bland set an NFL file with 5 interception returns for a landing.
Lions tight finish Sam LaPorta and working again Jahmyr Gibbs, Rams extensive receiver Puka Nacua and Falcons working again Bijan Robinson are finalists for Offensive Rookie of the Year together with Stroud.
Eagles defensive sort out Jalen Carter, Rams defensive lineman Kobie Turner, Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. and Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon be part of Anderson as finalists for Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Houston’s DeMeco Ryans, Detroit’s Dan Campbell, San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan and Baltimore’s John Harbaugh are finalists for Coach of the Year together with Stefanski.
Stefanski, the 2020 winner, led the Browns to an 11-6 file regardless of dropping Deshaun Watson and having to make use of 4 beginning QBs. Ryans took the Texans from the AFC South’s worst to first in his rookie season. Campbell helped Detroit seize its first division title in 30 years. Harbaugh and Shanahan led their groups to No. 1 seeds.
Schwartz guided the NFL’s No. 1 ranked protection in his first season as Cleveland’s defensive coordinator. Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald and offensive coordinator Todd Monken and Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik are also finalists for Assistant Coach of the Year.
Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield, Rams QB Matthew Stafford, Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa and Bills security Damar Hamlin be part of Flacco as finalists for Comeback Player of the Year.
This was the second 12 months for the AP’s weighted voting system. Voters selected a high 5 for MVP and high three for all different awards. For MVP, first-place votes had been value 10 factors. Second by fifth-place votes had been value 5, 3, 2 and 1 factors.
For all the opposite awards, first-place votes equaled 5 factors, second had been 3 and third had been 1.
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