Tag: 2024 NFL Honors

Dolphins leave 2024 NFL Honors empty-handed

Two of Miami’s stars lost the votes for awards during the NFL Honors.

The wait is finally over, as the 2023 NFL season is about to wrap up with a Super Bowl battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night.

On Thursday, the league handed out their annual awards at their NFL Honors show, and two Miami Dolphins were up for some hardware – Tyreek Hill for Offensive Player of the Year and Tua Tagovailoa for Comeback Player of the Year.

Hill appeared in 16 games, leading the league in receiving yards (1,799) and touchdowns (13) on 119 receptions. He set new franchise single-season records in receiving yards in 2023 after doing the same the year prior.

Tagovailoa dealt with some serious concussion issues in 2022 that kept him off the field for a significant portion of the season, including the team’s first playoff game since 2016. He bounced back with an impressive campaign that saw him play in all 17 regular-season games and lead the league in passing yards with a career-high 4,624. He also set career highs in completion percentage (69.3%) and touchdowns (29).

Despite their incredible seasons, neither Dolphin took home their respective trophies, as Christian McCaffrey was named the Offensive Player of the Year and Joe Flacco won Comeback Player of the Year.

Miami’s stars certainly had their cases, but the two winners did as well.

The Dolphins likely won’t have a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year next year, but they do have many who could win either Offensive or Defensive Player of the Year.

Keegan-Michael Key’s outstanding 2024 NFL Honors hosting job should land him a future Oscars gig

The 2024 NFL Honors proved one thing: Keegan-Michael Key should host the Oscars one day.

It’s not often you can point to the host of the 2024 NFL Honors ceremony and say, “Now, that person should host the Academy Awards.”

However, that’s how good Keegan-Michael Key was at hosting this year’s NFL awards ceremony.

From his absolutely biting-yet-genial monologue to actually clever bits with the audience, Key managed Thursday night’s awards show with an effortless charm.

He kept the show rolling, got the audience genuinely engaged in the ceremony and knew exactly how to nail those little transitional moments in the awards that people take for granted when watching broadcasts like this.

Hosting an awards show can be one of the toughest jobs in show business, but Key earned an A+ for hosting a football awards show. Imagine what he could do with the Oscars.

There comes a time, after you’ve watched so many awards shows over the years, where you really value the good hosts.

Key’s genuine excitement for the moment certainly helped, as he used his Detroit Lions fandom and general understanding of the NFL to deliver a monologue that got in the right digs at the right people.

Using Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s status as a couple as a conduit to poke fun at Bill Belichick is the kind of unexpectedly hysterical monologue joke that shows like the Oscars are desperate to find.

Comedian Trevor Noah has long earned raves for his Grammys emcee work for this same reason: the vibes are affable, the jokes are smart, the genuine passion for the occasion shows through the performance.

In contrast, comedian Jo Koy’s Golden Globes hosting duties earned wide jeers because his monologue was awful, and he didn’t know how to navigate the room when those jokes weren’t working.

Hosting the Oscars is incredibly tricky, as people have soared and bombed in equal measure. If the Academy wants to see someone absolutely nail a typically static awards show, look at how well Key did on Thursday night.

While comedian John Mulaney might be atop many wish lists in the industry, Key really should be in major consideration in the future.

He knows the movie world, and he’d know how to find the right jokes for the room that are actually funny and find a nice balance between satire and goodwill.

Let’s give Jimmy Kimmel a break and get one of the great sketch comics of the 2010s and one of the industry’s most likable people in as 2025’s Oscar host. Key absolutely deserves it after such a brilliant turn at the NFL Honors.

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Lamar Jackson hilariously thanked the Ravens for finally giving him a new deal in NFL MVP acceptance speech

Lamar Jackson’s second MVP honor came with a pretty funny joke in his acceptance speech.

As expected, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson won Most Valuable Player for the 2023-24 NFL season on Thursday night at this year’s NFL Honors.

The electric NFL superstar and now two-time MVP winner didn’t even have his major contract extension with the franchise until last April, and he joked about the Ravens finally paying him what he’s worth during his acceptance speech.

This was a very funny poke at Baltimore, who absolutely made the right decision by finally paying Jackson rather than dragging out his major contract any longer than the team already did.

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It all worked out for the two sides, and it got them to Thursday’s second MVP honor for Jackson.

It’s great that Jackson can now joke about the deal that eventually came than think about the deal that wouldn’t be, as the Ravens have to be happy having a two-time MVP winner leading their franchise.

We won’t be shocked if Jackson returns to this stage as a three-time MVP winner one day, and it’ll be this contract extension that likely made it with the Ravens.

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7 major snubs from the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame class, including Antonio Gates

We can’t believe these seven NFL legends weren’t inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year.

The NFL unveiled its 2024 class of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, which included legends like Julius Peppers, Devin Hester and Dwight Freeney.

However, there were some great NFL veterans who didn’t make the cut this time, including iconic Los Angeles Chargers tight end Antonio Gates.

We’ve compiled seven of this year’s finalists who didn’t make this year’s class of inductees that we were pretty surprised by, ones we hope get serious consideration in the years ahead.

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WIth 2025’s first-time eligible veterans looking quite impressive, these guys will definitely have competition in a year.

However, we still feel like they’re snubs in this year’s class.

Tommy DeVito and Keegan-Michael Key brilliantly recreated a famous Joe Pesci scene from Goodfellas at 2024’s NFL Honors

Funny? Funny how?

Keegan-Michael Key brought out a gag at the 2024 NFL Honors that nobody could’ve seen coming: one that involved New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito and the classic movie Goodfellas.

Talking with DeVito in the crowd, Key’s conversation with the quarterback quickly turned into Joe Pesci’s famous “Funny? Funny How?” scene with Ray Liotta from Goodfellas.

Alright, this is absolute gold. DeVito’s winning streak with the Giants was one of the most enjoyable moments of the NFL season, and his proud Italian heritage made this Goodfellas gag all the more hysterical.

Seriously, this joke is funnier than most of what you get at shows like the Oscars and Golden Globes.

This is the kind of gag that makes shows like the NFL Honors worth it, as DeVito was a great sport to help bring some movie magic to the biggest night in NFL awards.

Key’s night hosting went really well, and this might’ve been the most creative bit of the night.

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2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees include Julius Peppers, Devin Hester

Here are this year’s inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is where NFL legends live eternal, and this year’s class is as accomplished as it has been in recent years.

As part of Thursday night’s NFL Honors, this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame class got recognized, which included legendary pass rusher Julius Peppers, all-time return specialist Devin Hester and elite linebacker Patrick Willis.

These new Pro Football Hall of Fame honorees will receive their gold jackets and see their new busts in August as they’re formally inducted into Canton’s hallowed hall.

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Take a look at the full list of 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees below.

Robert Kraft playfully winced at Keegan-Michael Key’s Bill Belichick joke during 2024 NFL Honors

Robert Kraft had the funniest response to this Bill Belichick joke.

During Thursday night’s NFL Honors ceremony, emcee Keegan-Michael Key absolutely roasted former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick while Patriots owner Robert Kraft was in the room.

Key joked that it’s unbelievable that music icon Taylor Swift had been to more NFL playoff games this season than Belichick had, and the camera crew immediately cut to Kraft.

The Patriots owner laughed and winced at the joke, which underscored just how bad Belichick’s final year with the franchise was before the two sides parted ways last month after 24 seasons.

However, all you can do is laugh at a joke this funny.

Kraft and Belichick won’t be working together anymore, and this joke will go down as one of the funniest moments in the post-Belichick Patriots era.

The longtime Patriots owner’s reaction was worth the price of admission alone, as you can see the full range of emotions on Kraft’s face to the very funny quip about his former coach.

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Keegan-Michael Key turned his Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce jokes into brutal roasts of Bill Belichick, the Panthers

Oh my, these are some funny zingers.

During his 2024 NFL Honors monologue, comic actor Keegan Michael Key set up some absolutely brutal roasts during the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce portion of his monologue.

Key found a way to make some absolutely hysterical jokes about the biggest power couple in the NFL without even vaguely saying anything about Swift and Kelce.

Instead, he used the couple as a set-up to poke fun at the lowly Carolina Panthers and their awful 2023 season and former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s miserable final year in Foxborough.

When we say these are funny, we mean it. These ziners are top-tier NFL Honors awards monologue material.

You really don’t normally get this sharp of jokes during an awards ceremony, much less one that recognizes NFL awards.

Kudos to Key for these hysterical one-liners that managed to feature the biggest couple in the NFL without being about the biggest couple in the NFL.

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2024 NFL Honors: The complete list of winners

Here’s a running list of all the awards from Thursday night’s 2024 NFL Honors.

The 2024 NFL Honors recognize the best in professional football for the 2023-24 season, as host Keegan Michael Key emcees the event from Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas on Thursday night.

We’ll soon find out who the new NFL MVP will be, as well as who takes home prestigious honors like the Walter Payton Man of the Year award and Coach of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

We’ll be keeping track of all of the night’s NFL Honors recipients below as the show announces them. Follow along with us and see who joins the proud history of winners.

The 20 best photos from a glamorous 2024 NFL Honors red carpet

Here are some of the best photos from the 2024 NFL Honors red carpet in Las Vegas.

This year’s NFL Honors will be rolling the dice in Las Vegas on Thursday night as a new class of NFL players are awarded with the league’s top honors.

The red carpet at the Resorts World Theatre in Vegas was filled with plenty of notable NFL stars, everyone from impactful quarterbacks to elite defensive players.

We’ve gathered some of the best photos from Thursday’s NFL Honors red carpet for your enjoyment, with everyone dressed in their best formal attire and ready to see who the league recognizes during the annual awards show.

Let’s take a look at some of these great photos.