NFL MVP voter Jim Miller addresses controversial Lamar Jackson decision

NFL MVP voter Jim Miller addresses controversial Lamar Jackson decision

This year’s NFL MVP award wasn’t a two-man race for this voter. 

Jim Miller, former NFL QB and current co-host on SiriusXM NFL Radio’s “Movin’ The Chains,” puzzlingly put Lamar Jackson, who was in a neck-and-neck race with Josh Allen for the award, fourth on his ballot, behind the Bills quarterback, Saquon Barkley and Joe Burrow. 

Miller, who played quarterback in the league for six seasons, acknowledged his Jackson snub on his show on Friday.

It appears he’s heard plenty from Ravens fans. 

Jim Miller on the SiriusXM “Movin’ the Chains” show on radio row at the Super Bowl LIX media center at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

“A lot of people loved Lamar,” Miller said. “Certainly I voted a certain way. A lot of people didn’t like their take on that. And I had my five.”

Allen wound up winning the award, beating out Jackson by a narrow 21-point margin, for his first MVP of his career, garnering 27 first-place votes to Jackson’s 23. 

Jackson was looking for his second straight and third overall MVP. 

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) celebrates after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC wild card game at M&T Bank Stadium. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

Miller explained some of the reasoning for putting Barkley and Burrow ahead of Jackson on his ballot, saying during the show that the Eagles’ running back “meant a lot to his team because of injuries” and what Philly’s’ offense “went through.”

He put Burrow third on his ballot  “for how he ended the season” despite the Bengals missing the playoffs. 

Of the 50 voters, Miller was the only one not to have Jackson in his top two. 

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen poses with the AP Most Valuable Player award at the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 59 football game on Feb. 6, 2025, in New Orleans. AP

“I sleep very good with how I voted,” he said. “A lot of people didn’t like it because Lamar is quite a player,” later adding that, “Even if I voted for Lamar, Josh still would’ve won it.”

Allen’s win came as a shock to NFL fans after Jackson won All-Pro honors with 30 first-place votes to his 18, with Burrow receiving the other two.

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