NFL
By Monte Perez
The Los Angeles Rams defeated The Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl, 23-20.
Both teams capped off the most exciting, NFL Playoffs, in years. Almost every game in the post-season came down to the last possession.
The Real End of the Season Awards:
MVP: Cooper Kupp (Los Angeles Rams).
Cooper’s year to date stats…
- 178 catches
- 2425 yards
- 22 TD’s
- NFL, triple crown winner, #1 in receptions, yards and TD’s
- Most catches in a post-season (33)
- NFL Offensive player of the year and Super Bowl MVP
Offensive MVP: Jonathan Taylor (Indianapolis Colts).
Taylor was a one-man wrecking crew for the Indianapolis Colts. He was the best running back in the NFL from the start of the season to the end of the year. Unlike most RB’s he played in all 17 games, rushed for 1,811 yards, caught 40 receptions, and had 20 total touchdowns. He has taken over for Derrick Henry as the most unstoppable back in the NFL.
Coach of the Year: Zach Taylor (Cincinnati Bengals).
No one had the Bengals winning the AFC North, much less going to the Super Bowl. In a division that has Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh, Taylor was amazing this season. His team went on the road in the playoffs and beat the NO.1 seeded Tennessee Titans and the back-to-back AFC Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. Taylor made some bad decisions in the Super Bowl, but he deserved coach of the year.
Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Donald (Los Angeles Rams).
I have never seen a player get double, and triple teamed as much as Donald does. Yet, every week he continues to perform and put fear into offensive coordinators. Donald made a huge play at the end of the game against the Bengals, forcing Joe Burrow to throw the ball away and the Rams won the game. Donald is by far the best and most dominating defensive we have seen in decades.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: (The Las Vegas Raiders).
The Raiders made the playoffs despite a year of constant turmoil.
Las Vegas hired a terrible human being in Jon Gruden. For over a decade he used work emails to spread misogyny, racism, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. He was also upset that the NFL was implementing safer concussion protocols. He did not want his players to be protected, calling Roger Goodell and the NFL, soft.
Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was driving at 156 mph with a blood-alcohol content twice Nevada’s legal limit before his sports car slammed into the rear of a vehicle that burned, killing a 23-year-old woman. He is looking at decades behind bars.
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