Lamar Jackson Narrowly Misses Being NFL's First Two-Time Unanimous MVP

The voting finished as follows:

Lamar Jackson 49-0-1-0-0 = 493
Dak Prescott 0-17-13-11-6 = 152
Christian McCaffrey 0-17-12-11-4 = 147
Brock Purdy 0-9-5-12-13 = 97
Josh Allen 1-5-11-3-6 = 80
Tyreek Hill 0-2-6-9-14 = 60
Patrick Mahomes 0-0-2-2-2 = 12
C.J. Stroud 0-0-0-0-4 = 4
Matthew Stafford 0-0-0-2-0 = 4
Myles Garrett 0-0-0-0-1 = 1

1st place: 10 points
2nd place: 5
3rd: 3
4th: 2
5th: 1

Schatz recognized his vote would rub many the wrong way, so he even wrote about it. 

 "There's no question, Lamar Jackson's season was impressive. I trust the film study people who believe he has never been better as a passer, even if his numbers were better in 2019. He's processing better. He's throwing the ball better. He's hitting those tough throws outside the numbers better. Lamar Jackson passes the eye test," Schatz wrote. 

 "But Josh Allen and Dak Prescott pass the eye test as well. These are all talented quarterbacks. I'm a stat guy. I'm going to look at stats. There's no question that by nearly every advanced metric you could look at, Josh Allen and Dak Prescott had better seasons than Lamar Jackson." 

Schatz cites numerous advanced metrics in his decision-making, and it seems possible that Jackson's performance got lost in all of that. 

 "I looked at all this data. I tried to make the case for Lamar Jackson. I tried very hard to convince myself that I felt he was the guy. And I just could not do it," Schatz wrote. "He had a great season. He's a very good quarterback. I simply do not believe he was the best quarterback in the NFL this year, even though he led the best team." 

Interestingly, all other 49 voters disagreed.