Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1418 A lot of fun
The Pro Bowl, "AFC vs. NFC," was not only divided by conference, but also had starters and backups, with more than one hundred and twenty players ultimately selected.

The All-American First Team/Second Team, there is one first team roster and one second team roster, and the selection is unified across the league. Although there may be double yolks in some positions, overall it is strictly controlled within the range, and the final roster is around fifty people.

The annual regular season awards are another matter.

Regular season MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year, Defensive Rookie of the Year, Head Coach of the Year, Assistant Coach of the Year, Comeback of the Year.

That’s all.

Of course, there are other awards such as the Walter Payton Award, Offensive Team of the Year, Never Give Up Award, etc. to help people review the highlights of the regular season; but overall, the core awards are the above eight items. As the essence of the 2019 season, they will go down in history along with the season.

Moreover, all of these awards are voted by authoritative professionals in the industry, and the 50-member selection committee is updated and replaced every year to ensure professionalism and objectivity. Everything is done to ensure that the award selection is fair and just, and its authority is unanimously recognized. It is hailed as the highest honor of the NFL.

For players and coaches, even if they only win one award in their career, it is an achievement worth remembering and leaves their mark.

This year is no exception.

The competition for the best coach of the year is extremely fierce and it can be said that the competition is fierce.

Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs, Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens, Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers, LaFleur of the Green Bay Packers, Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints, Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers, Sean McDermott of the Buffalo Bills and others all won votes.

The award selection process is like this: there is no nomination mechanism. All fifty professionals have the "right to nominate". Even if they only have one vote, they can be listed as a candidate. Then after the second and third rounds of candidates, the candidates with more than half of the votes will enter the next round until the winner is voted out.

This year, a total of seven coaches have been shortlisted as candidates, which is spectacular. It also shows that the league's competition is fully open this season and there is a pattern of a hundred schools of thought contending.

In the end, Harbaugh narrowly defeated Reed and won the Coach of the Year award for the first time in his career.

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What! A perfect regular season still doesn't guarantee Coach of the Year? Shocking!

Not only netizens, but everyone in and outside Kansas City was shocked.

In fact, Reid himself is very calm and doesn't care about these awards at all. He won the Coach of the Year award as early as 2002 when he was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. There is really no need for him to care about these false titles.

But it was a shock to the fans and players. It's not that Harbaugh is not worthy. Under Harbaugh's coaching this season, Jackson has been reborn, and the Baltimore Ravens' offense is ranked first in the league. Harbaugh is indeed outstanding; the point is, shouldn't Reid be recognized?
Feeling regretful, depressed, and indignant.

Assistant Coach of the Year, Greg Roman, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator.

With Harbaugh winning the award, there is no suspense about the outcome of this award, because generally speaking, the head coach and assistant coaches are voted on as a package.

The competition for Offensive Rookie of the Year is equally fierce.

The three alternates came to the end, and Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyle Murray narrowly defeated Oakland Raiders running back Josh Jacobs to win the award.

Although Josh Jacobs did not win the award, it was a pity that he was not able to continue the fine tradition of the University of Alabama; but considering the top performances of Henry and Levi one after another, the league's expectations have been exceeded, and Jacobs' performance still exceeded expectations, which is particularly rare.

Jacobs has a promising future. The endless emergence of excellent running backs is creating a storm.

It all started with Levi.

There is almost no suspense about the Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Although there were three substitutes who made it to the final, San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa was the clear winner and won the award without any controversy. The Bosa brothers are on the rise and are competing head-on with the Watt brothers in the NFL.

Comeback of the year.

Somewhat surprisingly, the competition for this award was extremely fierce, even to the point of bloodshed.

In the end, Tennessee Titans quarterback Tannehill narrowly defeated San Francisco 49ers quarterback Garoppolo by one vote to win this extremely important trophy.

The reason why I say "important" is that Tannehill has hardly won any awards in his career, and he has no hope of even making the Pro Bowl and the All-American First Team/Second Team.

In the 2019 season, this was the first time Tannehill was selected to the Pro Bowl in his career. Even the substitute opportunity he got because of Mahomes' absence was equally precious; coupled with the comeback of the year, it meant that Tannehill was finally seen by people after years of playing in the league.

He is no longer an insignificant existence.

For Tannehill, his career, which had almost reached a dead end, had a turning point in the 2019 season, which is worth remembering.

Finally, all eyes were focused on the highlight of the regular season awards:

Regular season MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year.

The three awards are discussed together mainly because for a very long time, the regular season MVP is often decided between the Offensive Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year. Just like the NFL playoffs, after standing out and reaching the top in the offensive/defensive group classification, the two "best" will fight alone, and the winner will be the regular season MVP.

However, this tradition has largely collapsed over the past few years for two reasons.

First of all, the last time a defensive player won the regular season MVP was in the 1986 season, more than three decades ago.

This means that if the tradition continues, the Offensive Player of the Year will directly become the regular season MVP. The league obviously does not want defensive players to harbor resentment and think that they are being completely ignored, even if this is true.

Secondly, there are many offensive players.

In recent years, the league has been holding high the banner of passing offense, and excellent quarterbacks continue to emerge; at the same time, in addition to quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends have also risen one after another. If the regular season MVP and the Offensive Player of the Year are packaged to one player, it will not be fair to the offensive players.

As a result, the two awards have often honored different players over the years.

Although it is not a hard and fast rule, professionals often have an unspoken understanding when making their selections.

What's more, the 2019 season was a fierce competition among many teams. Even though the Kansas City Chiefs stood out, the other teams following closely behind were not to be outdone. There were five teams with wins in the season, a situation that has not been seen for a long time. Top players emerged in an endless stream and the competition was fierce.

This year, the competition for these three major awards was far more fierce than expected, whether in offense or defense.

Lots of fun!

As early as a full month ago, when the regular season just ended, people couldn't wait to ask the ultimate soul-searching question:

Who can win the regular season MVP title?

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