The Associated Press released its annual NFL All-Pro Team on Friday, and while some will quibble with it here and there, the writers generally got it right.
That even goes at quarterback, where Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the league’s likely MVP, got the first-team nod over Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes and Buffalo’s Josh Allen.
This makes sense. All three are marvelous quarterbacks, but Rodgers boasts the best numbers in the league. It’s a testament to the faith Packers coach Matt LaFleur inspired in his grizzled quarterback and the spark the team (wittingly or unwittingly) lit underneath Rodgers by drafting his eventual replacement, Jordan Love, in the first round last year.