Defensive MVP

A first team, or primary vote gives a player 2 pts and a second team or runner-up vote gives a player 1 pt. Most points wins. Since 6 people voted, 12 pts would be a unanimous selection.

Defensive MVP: Patrick Willis (7 pts, 3 1st place votes)

runner-up: Darrelle Revis (6 pts, 2 1st place votes)

also receiving votes: DeMarcus Ware (2 pts, 1 1st place vote), Jon Beason (1 pt), Jared Allen (1 pt), Nick Barnett (1 pt)

Defensive MVP was the category that had the lowest point total for the winner, which shows that people were pretty much undecided about the award. That said, Since Revis and Willis were the top vote getters at their position it is not surprising that they captured all but 1 first place vote between them here.

Willis and Revis was exactly how I voted. Although Revis has a better pts/gm of 12.8 over Willis' 9.5. Willis did it for a full 13 games to Revis' 8 games. I also love Willis' low score of 5 pts. Revis had only one game score lower then that, but I think Willis being able to do it for the full season was what game him my first place vote in a close decision.

At first glance, DeMarcus Ware and Nick Barnet look like odd votes here since they did not receive votes for DF. But Ware was at least on my short list of DFs to consider where as Barnet was not. In fact, Barnet only played 3 games this year and averaged less then 5 pts per game.