Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 848 The Second Levi
2018 NFL regular season awards results - other results, does anyone care?

The answer, without a doubt, is yes.

Although the attention was 100% drawn to the historic moment of the regular season MVP, so that all other awards were overshadowed, there are still people who care.

Coach of the Year, Matt Nagy, Chicago Bears.

Assistant Coach of the Year, Vic Fangio, Chicago Bears.

For the second consecutive year, Andy Reid unfortunately missed the award, but overall, reporters tend to reward coaches who have brought about radical changes to the team. Last year it was McVay of the Los Angeles Rams and this year it was Nagy of the Chicago Bears.

As the former offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, Nagy is experiencing the most perfect time in his career. Last year, he won the Super Bowl championship with the Kansas City Chiefs as a dark horse, and this year he proved his ability as the head coach. The next step should be to lead the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl and win the championship ring that truly belongs to him.

Offensive Player of the Year, Patrick Mahomes, quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs.

Defensive Player of the Year, Aaron Donald, defensive tackle, Los Angeles Rams.

For the second consecutive year, the regular season MVP and the Offensive/Defensive Player of the Year went to different players, which still shows the controversy:
Last year, Brady's regular season MVP still lacked widespread recognition, so Levi won the Offensive Player of the Year.

This year, Levi's regular season MVP really conquered the public, but the scene of running backs sweeping the awards was strange no matter how you looked at it. It is completely different from the era when Peterson was crowned the regular season MVP in 2012. Subconsciously, the votes still flowed towards the quarterback.

Of course, Mahomes' performance this season is indeed impressive. Apart from the fact that the number of interceptions is not very good, his calmness, his courage and his tenacity are definitely worthy of praise. He made a statement in his first starting season in his career.

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For the second consecutive year, Donald won the Defensive Player of the Year award, making him the second player since Watt to accomplish such a feat.

Although Donald and Watt are two players with completely different styles, the dominance they have shown on the court is truly amazing.

In addition, Watt finally completed a full season in good health this season. Although he is slightly inferior to his peak, he is still one of the top defensive end in the league. Perhaps the day when a defensive player wins the regular season MVP again will not be too far away.

Rookie of the Year, Saquon Barkley, running back, New York Giants.

Offensive Rookie of the Year, Saquon Barkley, running back, New York Giants.

Defensive Rookie of the Year, Shaquille Leonard, linebacker, Indianapolis Colts.

A small underdog, or to be more precise, a not-so-underdog underdog:
The 2018 draft was hailed as the year of quarterbacks, with a total of six quarterbacks selected in the first round. No. pick Mayfield and No. pick Jackson attracted a lot of attention.

However, in the end, running back Barkley emerged with an unparalleled performance, punching Mayfield, kicking Jackson, and far surpassing Josh Allen, Darnold and others to sweep the regular season awards.

Not only did he win Offensive Rookie of the Year, but he also won Rookie of the Year.

Mayfield was heartbroken, Jackson was stunned, and the league... no one cared, because all the attention was on the new regular season MVP, and people were even too lazy to sigh for Mayfield and Jackson.

However, the New York media still noticed——

"Barkley: The Second Levi."

"Following in Levi's footsteps, Barkley has proven his worth with his actions."

"Barkley: My goal is Levi, and I will surpass him next season." Last season, Levi subverted the entire league as a rookie running back, setting off a bloody storm; this season, Barkley stood out in the rookie quarterback craze, making the quarterbacks dim.

For a while, people couldn't wait to compare Barkley and Levi, eagerly hoping that another monster running back could emerge.

Over the past year, Levi has enjoyed incredible popularity in New York, firstly because Levi was born in New York, and secondly because Levi defeated the New England Patriots consecutively; and now, people are looking forward to Barkley's rise, so that New York can have its own running back hero.

It has to be said that New York, as the first city in North America, is indeed a cradle of stars.

In front is wide receiver Beckham Jr. and behind is running back Barkley.

Among the new generation of top non-quarterback superstars, the New York Giants are already half a body length ahead, and the Kansas City Chiefs can only be considered to have come from behind.

However, the poor public relations incident of the cold treatment of Manning Jr. at the end of last season made this season still a mess, ending the season with five wins and eleven losses. The combination of Beckham Jr. and Barkley could not save the team.

Therefore, we cannot blame New Yorkers for still cheering for Levi.

Leonard: What about me?
In the divisional round, Leonard was beaten to a pulp by Levi, which was already frustrating enough. Now that he finally had a place in the season awards selection, he was overshadowed by two running backs, Levi and Barkley.

Leonard was also... in tears.

Comeback Player of the Year Award, Andrew Luck, quarterback, Indianapolis Colts.

Walter Payton Award: Chris Long, defensive end, Philadelphia Eagles

Here, it is worth mentioning Lak.

The quarterback, who had suffered consecutive injuries and gone through the lowest and darkest period of his career, seems to have finally gotten back on track and realized his talent. In the competition for the Comeback of the Year Award, he narrowly defeated Watt and Peterson and received 25 out of 50 votes from professionals. After all the hard work, all his persistence seems to have finally made some sense.

In this regard, not only Berry, but Levi also talked with Watt and Peterson separately.

After experiencing an injury, the long recovery process is a difficult one. What was once considered easy now requires ten or even a hundred times more effort to achieve. The struggle is a comprehensive entanglement from the physical to the mental level. This is not only the most difficult and darkest side of competitive sports, but also the same in life.

Birth, aging, sickness and death, this subject, is always difficult to learn.

However, the most bitter and helpless thing is that life still needs to go on without stopping.

Some people and some things were left alone in the sadness of that cold and rainy winter, but time still moves forward and the world rushes on in the torrent and will not slow down because of these figures.

This is life, this is reality——

Sadness, helplessness, bitterness, pain, and despair are scattered all over the ground, but no one will slow down because everyone has their own pile of mess to deal with and no room to breathe.

At times like this, the feat of Rak and others overcoming injuries and returning to normal life is even more precious, rare and worthy of pride.

This is true for Lack, Watt, Peterson, Berry, and so on.

The same is true for every soul that struggles through the mud but still remembers to look up at the stars.

(End of this chapter)