Only six players have won that honor three times: Peyton Manning (five), Aaron Rodgers (four), Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Johnny Unitas and Jim Brown. Players with exactly two MVPs include Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Kurt Warner, Steve Young and Joe Montana.

It's rare when the reigning NFL MVP has an even better statistical season the following season, but that's what Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has done this year. Jackson won the league's top award for the second time in his career last year with 3,

I promise you that,” the Baltimore coach said. “Yes, as far as I’m concerned, he’s our MVP, he’s our guy.” Local media agreed, honoring Jackson with the team MVP in voting announced Tuesday – a suspense-free tally if there ever was one.

John Harbaugh wasn’t going to wade into the debate over whether Lamar Jackson should win a third NFL MVP award this season. Instead, he stuck to the obvious. “He’s my MVP. He’ll always be my MVP —