The 2023 MVP race ended on New Year’s Eve in Baltimore with seven days left in the regular season. Depending on what John Harbaugh decides to do, Week 17 also might be the last we see of Lamar Jackson until the third weekend in January when the divisional round of the AFC playoffs commence—not that voters should need to see anything else.
The Baltimore Ravens’ 56–19 bludgeoning of the playoff-bound Miami Dolphins put a stamp on all of that.
Jackson essentially locking up his second MVP award a week shy of his 27th birthday is impressive in its own right. He’ll be the 11th player to win multiple MVPs—seven of the other 10 are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame—and the three that aren’t are Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. Jackson will also be the same age as Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Mahomes when they won their second—Jim Brown won his second at 22.
