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2001 TwoMinuteWarning.com Defensive MVP Awards!
MVP By Position:
- Defensive End: Vonnie Holliday
- Defensive Tackle: Shaun Rogers
- Linebacker: Ray Lewis
- Cornerback: Troy Vincent
- Safety: Rodney Harrison
All-Pro Team:
- DE: Holliday (GB), Strahan (NYG)
- DT: Rogers (DET), Gibson (CIN)
- LB: Lewis (BAL), Thomas (MIA), Miller (CLE)
- CB: Vincent (PHI), Barber (TB)
- S: Harrison (SD), Woodson (DAL)
MVP by Team:
- Arizona: R.McKinnon (LB)
- Atlanta: K.Brooking (LB)
- Baltimore: R.Lewis (LB)
- Buffalo: A.Winfield (CB)
- Carolina: M.Rucker (DE)
- Chicago: P.Daniels (DE)
- Cincinnati: O.Gibson (DT)
- Cleveland: J.Miller (LB)
- Dallas: D.Woodson (S)
- Denver: E.Brown (S)
- Detroit: S.Rogers (DT)
- Green Bay: V.Holliday (DE)
- Indianapolis: C.Cota (S)
- Jacksonville: S.Payne (DT) / G.Walker (DT), shared
- Kansas City: D.Edwards (LB)
- Miami: Z.Thomas (LB)
- Minnesota: C.Hovan (DT)
- New Orleans: J.Johnson (DE)
- New England: B.Hamilton (DE) / L.Milloy (S), shared
- New York Giants: M.Strahan (DE)
- New York Jets: J.Abraham (DE)
- Oakland: G.Jackson (DT)
- Philadelphia: T.Vincent (CB)
- Pittsburgh: C.Scott (CB)
- San Diego: R.Harrison (S)
- Seattle: A.Simmons (LB) / C.Brown (LB), shared
- San Francisco: A.Plummer (CB)
- St. Louis: D.McCleon (CB) / A.Williams (CB), shared
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: R.Barber (CB)
- Tennessee: J.Evans (DT)
- Washington: K.Long (DE)
Congratulations to all the winners! Condolences in particular to Jason Taylor of Miami, and John Lynch of Tampa Bay, who would've nabbed a team MVP on probably two-thirds of the teams in the league had they not had been playing alongside Zach Thomas and Ronde Barber respectively!
In a number of cases it was tough to make a decision -- Pittsburgh perhaps being the hardest given they have an array of talent, which has the effect of dividing the opportunities among a larger number of players. As can be seen from the above, there were four teams where we ended up having to split the award since it was just too close to call.
The breakdown of the team MVP's by position shows a pretty fair distribution:
- DE: 7 1/2
- DT: 6
- LB: 7
- CB: 6
- S: 4 1/2
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