From the AP story on Tennessee RB Chris Johnson:
He is the first NFL player to finish with at least 2,000 yards rushing and 500 receiving (503). That earned the second-year pro 38½ votes Wednesday from a nationwide panel of 50 sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the NFL. Johnson easily beat New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who received nine votes. "I kind of realize what I did and I feel like I had a dream season," said Johnson, who scored 16 touchdowns (14 rushing), second to Minnesota's Adrian Peterson, and tied the NFL mark with six consecutive games rushing for at least 125 yards. Johnson, who has run a 4.2 in the 40 and believes he'll remain the NFL's fastest player unless a team signs Usain Bolt, has bigger dreams, too: breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards, and winning the league MVP award. "I didn't even get one vote at all [for MVP]," Johnson said. "Like the season I had, it seemed like, `What more do they want me to do?' That just felt like rookie of the year; it's a quarterback thing I guess."
We understand the MVP and Offensive Player of the Year award are two different things. But we're with Johnson: how does he not get any MVP votes while Peyton Manning runs away with that award, while Johnson runs away with this award and Manning gets 1.5 of a possible 50 votes?
