Winner: Aaron Rodgers Runner-up: Dak Prescott Third place: Joe Burrow OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase is the favorite, followed by 2022 OPOY Justin Jefferson and 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey. A wide receiver has won this award three of the last four years and no quarterback has won it since Mahomes in 2018. Jalen Hurts was a finalist last season when he had 22 passing TDs and 13 rushing TDs.
QB Patrick Mahomes is coming off his second league MVP award, along with a Super Bowl MVP trophy, and TE Travis Kelce, RB Isiah Pacheco and one of the best interior offensive lines in the NFL return around him. The Chiefs have new WRs in second-round pick Rashee Rice and Richie James, who replaced Juju Smith-Schuster and Mecole Hardman.