Green Bay Packers: End of season awards and recap
By Kenny Jilek
The Green Bay Packers had a very successful 13-3 season, finishing well ahead of many people’s expectations, so let’s give out some awards to the guys that helped them get there.
MEDAL RESULT | Offensive MVP
Aaron Jones
Davante Adams
Aaron Rodgers
The Green Bay Packers offense was shaky at times this year, but also had plenty of bright spots and big plays. Almost all of those big plays could be, at least in part, attributed to one or more of these three guys.
Aaron Rodgers had his ups and downs. That will continue to be true for the next few years as long as he plays. He had glimpses of greatness, a couple of which we’ll look at a little later, but also some missed throws that should be routine.
As much as it hurts to admit, Aaron Rodgers is not going to be Superman for 60 minutes every Sunday anymore. He’s no longer the Offensive MVP, a title he probably could have claimed almost every year of his career that he has been the starting quarterback.
Still, he is the most important player on this offense. His checks at the line that aren’t tangible and his ability to move around and make impossible throws sometimes still make him a great quarterback. He did lead the league in one category this year: Interception percentage. Only 0.7% of his passes were interceptions, which is remarkable and that kind of ball security should be appreciated.
Davante Adams missed four games in the middle of the season and it took him a few weeks to get fully back into the swing of things. By the last few weeks of the regular season, though, he was a force. In each of the last three weeks of the regular season and the two playoff games, he had at least seven catches and 93 yards. Because of the injury, he didn’t go over 1,000 yards and finished with 997 for the second time in his career. He did make the Pro Bowl, however, and was the only member of the Green Bay Packers’ offense to go.
In the end, Aaron Jones had to be the pick for Offensive MVP. Everyone knew he was a talented player that was being held back last year, but this year was even better than most would’ve expected. He almost doubled his rushing attempts from last year and had the first 1,000-yard rushing season of his career to go along with a league-leading 16 rushing touchdowns.
Jones also was a lot more involved in the passing game, going from 26 receptions last year to 49 this season and three touchdowns, giving him a league-leading 19 touchdowns from scrimmage. He’s still young and the Green Bay Packers’ rushing attack is in good hands for, hopefully, many years to come.