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The 'NFL MVP runners-up' quiz
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The 'NFL MVP runners-up' quiz

J.J. Watt retired following the 2022 NFL season, but with his former team, the Houston Texans, going all in on a Super Bowl run in 2024, could we see the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year make a comeback? Recently, Watt was asked about a possible return to the NFL.

"I told DeMeco last year, I said, ‘Don’t call unless you absolutely need it, but if you ever do call, I’ll be there," Watt said. "And he knows not to call unless he absolutely needs it. This is the last year I’ll tell him that, because I’m not going to keep training the way I’ve been training, but he knows that if he ever truly does need it, I’ll be there for him. I don’t anticipate that happening — they’ve got a very good group.”

Which brings us to today's quiz of the day. At the height of his powers, Watt was a destructive force, nearly becoming the third defensive player to win the MVP back in 2014. So with that in mind, how many of the NFL MVP runners-up in the Super Bowl era can you name in five minutes?

Good luck!

SCORE:
0/61
TIME:
5:00
2023 / DAL / #4
Dak Prescott
2022 / PHI / #1
Jalen Hurts
2021 / TB / #12
Tom Brady
2020 / BUF / #17
Josh Allen
2018 / NO / #9
Drew Brees
2017 / LAR / #30
Todd Gurley
2016 / NE / #12
Tom Brady
2015 / NE / #12
Tom Brady
2014 / HOU / #99
J.J. Watt
2013 / NE / #12
Tom Brady
2012 / DEN / #18
Peyton Manning
2011 / NO / #9
Drew Brees
2009 / NO / #9
Drew Brees
2008 / MIA / #10
Chad Pennington
2008 / ATL / #33
Michael Turner
2007 / GB / #4
Brett Favre
2006 / NO / #9
Drew Brees
2005 / IND / #18
Peyton Manning
2004 / ATL / #7
Michael Vick
2003 / TEN / #9
Steve McNair
2002 / GB / #4
Brett Favre
2001 / STL / #28
Marshall Faulk
2000 / PHI / #5
Donovan McNabb
1999 / STL / #28
Marshall Faulk
1999 / IND / #18
Peyton Manning
1998 / MIN / #7
Randall Cunningham
1997 / DEN / #30
Terrell Davis
1996 / DEN / #7
John Elway
1995 / SF / #80
Jerry Rice
1994 / DET / #20
Barry Sanders
1993 / SF / #8
Steve Young
1992 / PIT / #29
Barry Foster
1991 / BUF / #12
Jim Kelly
1990 / PHI / #12
Randall Cunningham
1989 / GB / #7
Don Majkowski
1988 / PHI / #12
Randall Cunningham
1987 / SF / #80
Jerry Rice
1986 / LARM / #29
Eric Dickerson
1985 / CHI / #34
Walter Payton
1984 / LARM / #29
Eric Dickerson
1983 / LARM / #29
Eric Dickerson
1982 / SD / #14
Dan Fouts
1981 / SF / #16
Joe Montana
1980 / HOU / #34
Earl Campbell
1979 / SD / #14
Dan Fouts
1978 / HOU / #34
Earl Campbell
1977 / MIA / #12
Bob Griese
1977 / DEN / #7
Craig Morton
1976 / PIT / #58
Jack Lambert
1975 / BUF / #32
O.J. Simpson
1974 / STL / #21
Terry Metcalf
1973 / LARM / #21
John Hadl
1973 / LARM / #29
Harold Jackson
1972 / MIA / #15
Earl Morrall
1971 / DAL / #12
Roger Staubach
1971 / KC / #89
Otis Taylor
1970 / OAK / #16
George Blanda
1969 / MIN / #11
Joe Kapp
1968 / CLE / #44
Leroy Kelly
1967 / LARM / #75
Deacon Jones
1966 / STL / #8
Larry Wilson

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