Overview
- Stafford received 31 first-place votes to Maye’s 18, with Josh Allen earning the other first-place vote in the quarterback balloting.
- Myles Garrett, Puka Nacua and Jaxon Smith-Njigba were unanimous first-team selections, and tight end Trey McBride drew 49 of 50 first-place votes.
- Garrett’s 23 sacks set the NFL single-season record as he earned his fifth career All-Pro nod.
- First-team highlights included Bijan Robinson at running back, Ja’Marr Chase joining Nacua and Smith-Njigba at wide receiver, Christian McCaffrey in the all-purpose slot and Kyle Juszczyk at fullback.
- Defensively, the first team featured edge rushers Garrett, Will Anderson Jr. and Micah Parsons, interior linemen Jeffery Simmons and Zach Allen, a secondary led by Derek Stingley Jr., Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, Kyle Hamilton and Kevin Byard, plus specialists Will Reichard, Jordan Stout, Ray Davis, Chimere Dike, Devon Key and long snapper Ross Matiscik; votes used the AP’s 3-point/1-point first- and second-team system tabulated by Lutz and Carr.