Tuesday Morning Quarterback - Tuesday Morning Quarterback Non-QB Non-RB NFL MVP Award

Tuesday Morning Quarterback Non-QB Non-RB NFL MVP Award

According to Easterbrook, the "longest award in sports". This is the top award in a series of awards he publishes at the end of each season, known as the "All-Unwanted All-Pros." These awards were created due to Easterbrook's view that the awards and Pro Bowl selection of various sports media outlets and the NFL tended to unfairly reward what he considered "glory boy" positions, such as quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers, as well as players who tended to be more well known due to higher press coverage as opposed to actual quality of play. (New England Patriots wideout Troy Brown, who won the award in 2004 despite primarily being a wide receiver, was considered an exception since he also played cornerback that season after the Patriots had a rash of injuries at the position during the season.) Easterbrook also was protesting the lack of attention given to offensive or defensive linemen whom he considers the most important positions in football. Criteria tend to vary from year to year but generally includes players who either were undrafted or cut from previous teams, but otherwise managed to play important or pivotal roles with their current teams over the course of the season, and also have to be on a playoff team even to be considered. Except for Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison (who won in 2008), and Dallas Clark, all winners have been offensive linemen.