If you feel like the NFL MVP has turned into a quarterback-only award, you’re not wrong. We have witnessed only signal-callers take home the honor since 2013. Sure, there were running backs like Jim Brown, Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor, and O.J. Simpson who won the MVP award back in the day, but hearing an RB’s name thrown into the mix has become relatively rare today.

So, when sports commentator Dan Patrick asked, “Why can’t a running back win MVP?” former Steelers coach Bill Cowher was glad someone had the same concern as him. “Glad you brought that up, and I agree with you,” Cowher stated on the Dan Patrick Show . “I mean, if you go back historically, the last three running backs to win MVPs have been Marshall Faulk [2000], LaDainian Tomlinson [2006], and Shaun Alexander [2005].”

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