Who joined Patrick Mahomes in winning the NFL’s biggest awards?
The moments that led up to an Eagles-Chiefs showdown in Super Bowl LVII. (1:06)
Before the Kansas City Chiefs (16-3) and Philadelphia Eagles (16-3) meet at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for Super Bowl LVII (Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET, Fox), the best of the NFL gathered in Phoenix for Thursday’s NFL Honors.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who will appear in his third Super Bowl in four years, took home his second MVP award. If the Chiefs win the Super Bowl, Mahomes will become the first NFL player in history to win multiple MVPs and multiple championships in his first six seasons.
New York Jets rookies Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson won Defensive and Offensive Rookie of the Year, respectively. It is only the third time in history that teammates have won the Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year awards in the same year. New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and cornerback Marshon Lattimore won in 2017, and running back Mel Farr and cornerback Lem Barney of the Detroit Lions won in 1967.
Here’s a look at who took home the awards and why:
Patrick Mahomes | QB | Kansas City Chiefs
Mahomes had the second 5,000-yard season of his career, and while he didn’t get to 50 touchdown passes as he did in his first MVP season in 2019, he still led the league with 41. But with Mahomes, it’s about more than statistics.
He lifted the Chiefs onto his shoulders regularly, but never more so than when they needed him most. The most obvious example came in a Week 9 game against the Titans, when not much else was working for the Chiefs on offense. Mahomes threw 68 passes and led the Chiefs in rushing with 63 yards. With the Chiefs down by eight points in the fourth quarter, Mahomes scrambled for 20 yards on third-and-17 to allow them to continue a drive. He finished the drive by scrambling for a touchdown, also on third-and-long, and then tied the game by running the 2-point conversion. The Chiefs went on to win in overtime. — Adam Teicher
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