PHOENIX – Once again, NFL MVP voters couldn't pass on voting for the best quarterback.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won his second MVP award. It was announced on Saturday night during the "NFL Honors" show at Phoenix Symphony Hall.
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Rodgers threw for 4,381 yards, 38 touchdowns and only five interceptions, leading the Packers to an NFC North championship. That was enough to turn away Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, who had 20.5 sacks and was vying to be the first defensive player to win MVP since 1986, when Lawrence Taylor won it. Watt was a unanimous choice for NFL defensive player of the year, the first time that award has been decided by a unanimous vote. (Click here for a list of all the major NFL awards given out Saturday night.)
Rodgers also won in 2011. He's the ninth player in NFL history to win MVP multiple times, joining an impressive list that includes Peyton Manning, Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Brett Favre, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Kurt Warner and Tom Brady.
This time around Rodgers held off a great field of candidates that included Watt, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.
Quarterbacks have won seven of the last eight MVP awards. Adrian Peterson, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards for the Minnesota Vikings in 2012, is the only exception during that period.
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