Tag: NFL Honors 2021

Titans’ Derrick Henry didn’t receive single MVP vote

The MVP award should be changed to the MVQ.

Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry took home the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year award on Saturday night, but he didn’t receive a single vote for the AP Most Valuable Player award.

According to Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk, the winner of the MVP award, Green Bay Packers quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, received 44 votes, while Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Kansas City Chiefs signal-caller Patrick Mahomes received four and two, respectively.

While we didn’t expect Henry to win the honor because it typically goes to quarterbacks, we simply can’t get on board with him not receiving a single vote.

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After all, Henry was the engine of an elite offense that led Tennessee to its first double-digit win season and AFC South title since 2008.

Futhermore, Henry had a historic season with 2,027 yards and his second straight rushing title. While Mahomes, Rodgers and Allen all had great seasons, the numbers weren’t historically significant like Henry’s.

As far as the vote totals for Offensive Player of the Year are concerned, Henry far outpaced others in the running, as he received 32 to five each for Rodgers and Mahomes.

At this point, the MVP award should just be renamed to the Most Valuable Quarterback award because if Henry wasn’t good enough to get one vote following his legendary season, what non-quarterback ever will be?

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Titans’ Derrick Henry repeats as FedEx Ground Player of the Year

Henry also won the AP Offensive Player of the Year award.

As if there was ever any doubt that Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry would once again win the FedEx Ground Player of the Year award once again.

Henry takes the honor home for the second straight season after rushing for 2,027 yards and 17 scores, both tops in the league. He was the eighth player in NFL history to top 2,000 rushing yards in a single season.

Throughout the course of the 2020 campaign, Henry won FedEx Ground Player of the Week five times. As a result of his winning the yearly version, the NFL will make a $40,000 donation to Direct Relief in Henry’s name.

It was a big night for Henry, who won one of the biggest awards of the 2021 NFL Honors ceremony on Saturday night, the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year award.

Unfortunately, Henry didn’t win the biggest honor of the night, which was the AP Most Valuable Player award. That went to Green Bay Packers quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, as expected.

The Alabama product wasn’t the only member of the Titans family to take home some hardware, though. Titans fan Brandon Galloway was also named the first-ever NFL Fan of the Year.

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Titans players, Twitter react to Derrick Henry winning OPOY

Henry’s teammates were excited to see the Titans RB take home the honor.

Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry has won the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year award in what is a well-deserved honor after his historic 2020 season.

Henry rushed for 2,027 yards, becoming the eighth player in NFL history to break the 2,000-yard mark in a single season, and his final yardage total is good enough for the fifth-most in a campaign in league history, also.

On top of achieving that impressive feat, the Alabama product and former Heisman Trophy winner won his second consecutive rushing title, which hadn’t been done since LaDainian Tomlinson did so in 2006 and 2007.

Henry has been one of the most dominant players in the NFL the past two seasons and he is already earning every penny of the four-year, $50 million extension he received from he Titans last offseason.

After Henry was announced as the winner of the award, his teammates and the rest of Twitter reacted: