Terrell Suggs edges Jared Allen for AP Defensive Player of Year

Posted by Evan Silva on February 4, 2012, 7:40 PM EST

AP
The[..]ociated Press announced Saturday evening that Terrell Suggs of the Ravens is its 2011 winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award.

Suggs held off Vikings defensive end Jared Allen, receiving 21 votes compared to Allen’s 14. Also receiving votes were 49ers defenders Justin Smith, Navorro Bowman, and Patrick Willis, along with Packers cornerback Charles Woodson, and Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul.

Woodson’s inclusion was surprising. Perhaps more surprising was the fact that Pierre-Paul didn’t make a stronger run at Suggs. Suggs did have a beastly regular season, recording 70 tackles, 14 sacks, seven forced fumbles, and two interceptions. Allen led the NFL with 22 sacks, chipping in four fumbles forced.

Pierre-Paul was credited with more tackles (86) than both Suggs and Allen. He registered 16.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...layer-of-year/

allen got snubbed...

[smiley]

sizzle!

He was on a winning team. I'm sure if the Vikings had at least come close to being in the playoffs Jared would have won.

Jared beasted despite it tho

jared shouldve definately got it, regardless of how bad the rest of the team is

This

Jared beasted for my fantasy squad...and !! is[..] backwards for vets than rooks?

Kinda crazy how Cam gets it for rookie...but panthers werent !!

And dalton got 3 lousy[..] votes yet took his team to the playoffs with a team projected to be worst in the league....kinda wild

Pretty much..

Dalton should have won

But cam newton got it cause of how horrible the panthers were and the records

Sizzle!

meh...

allen with such an[..] of a team and almost breaking the sack record should of won it... having said that enjoy the award suggs. JPP's gonna get it next year tho

Jared Allen should have won it, plain and simple...

suggs is a beast dont get me wrong..


but mvp for this year? out of any year..just .....

not this year...

Postseason.

0 sacks.

Congrats tho.

if allen had got the record though

he deserved it more than Troy P did last year