Packers QB Aaron Rodgers wins fourth NFL MVP award

A couple of other aspects to this MVP season stand out for Rodgers.

First, he (and the Packers) got off to a terrible start with a blowout loss against the Saints in Week 1, when Rodgers threw for just 133 yards with two interceptions and no touchdowns.

Meaning after the opener, Rodgers threw 37 TD passes and just two picks. His passer rating from Week 2 on was 116.1.

Also, in the aftermath of missing the Packers’ Week 9 game at Kansas City due to a positive COVID-19 test, Rodgers fractured his pinky toe.

The injury kept him either out of practice, or limited to one day per week at most, for the next seven games. After the injury, Rodgers did not practice more than once leading up to a game until the final week of the regular season, by which time the Packers already had 13 wins and had clinched the NFC’s No. 1 seed for the playoffs.

Rodgers’ latest MVP is the 10th earned by a Packers player, most for a single franchise since the award’s inception, surpassing the nine earned by the Colts. In addition to the seven that Rodgers and Favre have combined for, QB Bart Starr (1966) and running backs Jim Taylor (1962) and Paul Hornung (1961) each won one.