Ranking the last 10 AP MVP award-winning seasons from best to worst
By Daniel
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3. Aaron Rodgers, 2011
Aaron Rodgers followed up his Super Bowl MVP award with an AP MVP award the following season. In 2011, Rodgers showed the world that he was, arguably, the top quarterback in the game. He put together one of the finest seasons in NFL history at the quarterback position and came up with the third-highest ranked spot on this countdown.
The Green Bay Packers star threw for 4,643 yards and 45 touchdowns in just 15 games (he sat out the season finale) in 2011. He posted the highest rating in NFL history (122.5) and completed 68.3 percent of his passes. Although the true greatness of his season was the fact that he threw only six interceptions all year while averaging 309.5 yards per game. Of course, it should be mentioned that he ran for 257 yards and scored three touchdowns on the ground as well. The two MVP seasons from quarterbacks ranked ahead of him do not boast that sort of production on the ground.
There are two quarterbacks ahead of Rodgers’ 2011 season; I’m sure you can guess who they are. In reality, all of the top six AP MVP seasons on this ranking are very close to each other. All could be argued as the No. 1 season of the last 10 years. At a certain point this becomes splitting hairs, but even though Rodgers’ 2011 season was so great — the two seasons ranked ahead of him were just a little bit better.
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