Chapter 845: Retaining the vote title
How popular is the Kansas City Chief outside of Kansas City, and even outside of Missouri? Is it pedestrian friendly? Is neutral fan friendly?
Everything, all on the Pro Bowl roster.
Last season, after reaching the Super Bowl, the Kansas Chiefs only had six players nominated for the Pro Bowl. Like the Philadelphia Eagles, the two Super Bowl opponents are inseparable.
This season, the Kansas City Chiefs have risen in an all-round way, proving with practical actions that "the more controversies there are, the higher the popularity; the more curses, the better the performance" -
Levi: I just like the way you grit your teeth but have to watch us continue to win.
As a result, the number of Pro Bowl nominees, ten, surpassed the eight from the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and New Orleans Saints. The Kansas Chiefs became the biggest winner on this year's Pro Bowl list, proving with dignity that they have a reputation outside of Kansas City. A country was conquered.
Offensive team, Mahomes, Levi, Kelsey, Hill, Damien, Fisher.
In addition to the "Big Four", the selection of running back Damien Williams and offensive tackle Eric Fisher was a surprise, especially Damien, who came on half way after Hunter left the team. His performance in a few games brought him into the fans' attention and gained him great popularity.
Defensive team, Jones, Houston, Fowler, Ford.
Linebackers Houston and Ford were both shortlisted. They are still the absolute core of the Kansas Chiefs' defense. Houston's regular season performance this season is actually average. It relies more on the popularity accumulated in previous years to gain attention, but the Kansas Chiefs can also be seen from the side. The fan base continues to grow.
A small horizontal comparison. The Los Angeles Rams, who have stolen countless attention and focus this season and have been strong from the regular season to the playoffs and finally advanced to the Super Bowl, only have four players nominated for the Pro Bowl:
Goff and Gurley on the offensive team, Donald on the defensive team, and Cory Littleton on the special team.
That's all.
Is the team not performing well enough? Are the players not strong enough?
No, not at all. It is simply because the Los Angeles Rams have not been able to build their own fan base for the time being. From the side, you can see the empire that the Kansas City Chiefs have built in just two seasons, and they have made great progress along the way. , quietly changing his position in the league.
Here, it is worth mentioning that JJ Watt is still shining this season. As a defensive tackle, he was shortlisted for the Pro Bowl and the All-American first team. As a linebacker, he was shortlisted for the Pro Bowl and the All-American second team. He has proven with practical actions that when he is healthy, he can He is still the most threatening top presence in the league.
At the same time, major news across the United States paid full attention to it for the first time——
"Levi, the Pro Bowl vote leader for the second consecutive year."
"With a far lead all the way, there is an insurmountable gap. There is no doubt that Levi will be crowned the Pro Bowl vote winner."
"Levi once again made history as a running back, leading Pro Bowl voting for the second consecutive year."
"Levi single-handedly turned around the running back's unfavorable situation and won the attention of fans."
"Beat Watt and Mahomes, Levi slays Pro Bowl fan votes."
Watch, cheer, celebrate.
And, of course, wonderment.
If someone had said two years ago that a running back would emerge and become the most talked-about, popular and influential player in the league. Not only would he lead the sales of jerseys, but he would also completely dominate the Pro Bowl voting. More importantly, is about reversing the league's disregard and prejudice against running backs.
Then, you will probably encounter ridicule and ridicule.
No one believed it, literally no one.
But that's what happened, and Levi's emergence changed the league's structure.
For the second consecutive year, Levi defeated popular players such as Watt, Mahomes, Donald, Brady and others to win the Pro Bowl vote.
The point is, there is no objection. Although there are sour grapes voices on social networks who complain sarcastically, "Who doesn't know the crazy voting ability of Chinese fans?"; Levi's unparalleled performance on the field makes these voices seem aggrieved and stingy, and truly supports Levi fans don’t even bother to debate——
No need, really.
All aspects are proving that Levi's appearance has indeed brought new changes to the alliance.
Rookie. Chinese. running back.
Different labels collided together to create a chemical reaction, and finally set off a storm based on the unparalleled performance on the field and the team's continued soaring results.
Coupled with the rise of Gurley and Henry, Bell's strike, the overall rise of the new generation of running backs represented by McCaffrey and Barkley, and the strong resurgence of veteran running backs represented by Peterson, the right time, place, and people will also It all comes together.
In the end, Levi almost single-handedly changed the alliance structure.
This is how history was born.
The Pro Bowl is just the tip of the iceberg, and the main event is yet to come.
Since the regular season has come to an end, the discussion surrounding the regular season MVP and other major awards has not stopped, building on last year's hustle and bustle:
When will the bad habit of habitually selecting quarterbacks change? Should running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends get the spotlight? How long are you going to ignore the defensive players?
And so on and so forth.
After three weeks of playoffs in the wild card round, divisional round, and conference finals, the bustling discussion reached its peak, and then the list of season awards was finally released under the spotlight.
It is no exaggeration to say that this should be the regular season award selection with the most intense discussion, the most intensive attention, and the most turbulent traffic since the millennium.
Dong dong dong, dong dong dong, amidst the roar of drums, the league finally announced the results of the annual regular season awards.
2018 season, regular season MVP——
Levi, running back, Kansas Chiefs.
Boom, boom boom, boom!
The earth shook, and the entire alliance roared with exclamations and cheers. There were voices of support, voices of opposition, and voices of people watching the show.
Finally, witness history.
Since Adrian Peterson won the regular season MVP in the 2012 season, after five years, another running back finally won the highest honor of the regular season.
At the same time, this is the second second-year player to be selected as the regular season MVP after 24 years since quarterback Dan Marino in the 1984 season.
Of course, the most important thing is that this is the first Asian regular season MVP in the history of the NFL. The sensation is equivalent to Jackie Robinson becoming the MLB regular season MVP in 1949. It is not only the first in the history of the baseball league He is also the first non-white regular season MVP in the history of the four major American sports leagues.
Now, all eyes are on Levi, because Levi has become the first Asian player to win the regular season MVP in the history of the four major sports leagues: NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL.
History, birth.
This is a scene of epoch-making significance. Not only the North American continent, not only the Asian continent, but also Europe and Oceania are all looking towards it.
From Jackie Robinson's historic breakthrough to Levi's subversion of prejudice, this step has gone through half a century of long waiting and ups and downs.
The selection of an award has brewed a storm, sweeping across the world in a mighty way, with such a vigor that it cannot stop.
(End of chapter)