This year’s NFL MVP award was expected to be a two-man race between Matthew Stafford and Drake Maye, but Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was able to earn a surprise entry into the competition.
Stafford took home the award, beating out Maye in the closest race in more than two decades. But Allen — who had long fallen out of MVP odds as he failed in his bid to win back-to-back awards — managed to garner some first-place votes.
Josh Allen Earns Some Love From MVP Voters
As NFL.com’s Kevin Patra noted, Stafford earned barely enough votes to beat out Maye for the award, while two of the MVP voters still thought the Bills quarterback was the league’s most valuable player.
“Stafford just barely won MVP over Patriots quarterback Drake Maye in one of the closest MVP vote since 2003,” Patra wrote. “Stafford received 366 points with 24 first-place votes with Maye garnering 361 points and 23 first-place votes. Bills QB Josh Allen and the Chargers‘ Justin Herbert (one) got the other three first-place votes.”
While Allen fell well short of winning the award, his two first-place votes could have potentially swung the outcome of the race. Had either of his voters decided to go with division rival Maye instead, it would have given the race to the Patriots quarterback.
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