Aaron Rodgers has been named the AP NFL Most Valuable Player for the 2021 season, for the second straight season and fourth, overall.
The award was given during the eleventh edition of the NFL Honors awards show, which took place on Thursday from YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.
Rodgers thanked his team, the Green Bay Packers for “an amazing 17 years.”
And he expressed gratitude for his “inner circle, you know who you are.”
Rodgers was widely expected to win the award, thanks to an impressive 2021-2022 that saw him achieve a 111.9 passer rating and 37 touchdowns during the regular season — with only four interceptions.
This is the second time in two seasons that Rodgers has been named the NFL MVP, having won the honor last year with a margin of 44 votes ahead of Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. He is now one of only five NFL players to win back-to-back awards, joining former fullback Jim Brown, and former quarterbacks Joe Montana, Brett Favre, and Peyton Manning.
Rodgers edged out Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady with his stellar regular-season performance for his fourth MVP award, just one away from Peyton Manning’s record five.
