Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald is forcing many in the NFL world to take a second look at a player not typically considered for a league MVP award. It’s also exposing an inherent bias about who typically does win and who doesn’t and what the definition, as best determined by the NFL, an MVP is.
The primary question is whether the NFL MVP award is for quarterbacks and offensive players only.
Only two defensive players in NFL history have won the award, with Lawrence Taylor back in 1986 being the most recent.