Lamar Jackson had a phenomenal season, true. But Josh Allen’s season was outstanding. And what about Saquon Barkley’s impact on the Eagles’ offense? Who is most deserving of being crowned NFL’s MVP? Fans love such debates but pros are supposed to go by cold, hard, numbers. Which is why Deion Sanders is baffled — and more than a tad upset.
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The Associated Press crowned the Bills QB as the NFL MVP. Not only that, they also awarded Saquon Barkley the Offensive Player of the Year, officially snubbing the Ravens QB for both awards, despite his league-leading stats.
And the Cowboys legend just can’t wrap his head around this.
Coach Prime took some time from the NFL Honors Ceremony to attend a special episode of NightCap in New Orleans ahead of the Super Bowl. Deion claimed he had walked out of the NFL Honors ceremony midway to join the show with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson, which meant he was unaware that Josh Allen had been awarded the MVP.
So, when Shannon broke the news to him on stage, Deion was left speechless. “Who?” Prime asked, before pretending to walk off the stage in utter disbelief. The audience erupted in laughter at the hilarious way Deion expressed himself.
“They got Lamar out of both trophies? They got him out of the Offensive Player of the Year and the MVP?” Deion asked upon returning to his seat. “They got to stop this, man.”
That said, Deion acknowledged Allen as a great player. He even joked that fans should leave him alone since “he wears my shoes every game.” Prime stated that he doesn’t have anything negative about the Bills QB, but believes Lamar being left out of both awards was undeserved.
Shannon questioned how Lamar, who was voted First-Team All-Pro, failed to garner more votes for MVP than Josh Allen, who was voted Second-Team All-Pro for 2024.
Citing a similar situation, Deion unexpectedly brought up the case of his son Shedeur Sanders, who finished eighth in the Heisman rankings despite having a successful, league-leading season just a few weeks ago.
“I know somebody that had better statistics than everybody but one person as a quarterback. And he won the Johnny Unitas Award, but he finished eighth in the Heisman. How does that happen? Oh my bad, he’s my son.”
Later in the conversation, Shannon asked Deion whether he would accept Josh as the MVP if he was voted First-Team All-Pro.
“No,” Deion replied. “But he should have won the Offensive MVP [mistaken for OPOY].”
When asked what he thinks of the whole situation, Prime said, “Something just isn’t right.”
Given the buzz the controversial award has been generating on social media, lots of fans clearly feel the same way.
