“Wait a second here,” the sportswriter says, scrolling through an electronic record book. “They gave the NFL MVP Award to a kicker — A KICKER! — but never a wide receiver?
“Could that possibly be true?”
Oh, it could.
It is.
The book lists Washington Redskins kicker Mark Mosley as having won the Associated Press MVP Award — the NFL’s recognized award — from the strike-shortened, nine-game, 1982 season.
Mark flippin’ Mosley has an MVP trophy. Jerry Rice does not.
Mosley had a great year, mind you. He almost went the whole season without missing a field goal.