NFL 2001

1. Marshall Faulk: Was the NFL MVP by Pro Football Writers and Sporting News.

 

He was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year for the third straight season.

The 2000 MVP was a unanimous All-Pro and Pro Bowler.

 He joined Emmitt Smith as the only player in league history with back to back 20 TD seasons.           

 Faulk finished second in the MVP voting.

 He led the league in yards per game (98.7) and yards per carry (5.3) for the 3^rd year in a row.

Despite missing two games Faulk scored 21 TDs and led the league in points for the 2nd straight year.       

His 1,382 yards were 5^th in NFL.  Faulk’s 2,149 yards from scrimmage was 2^nd in the NFL.

He topped all RBs with 83 catches.  His nine receiving TDs were 5^th in the league.

Marshall scored TDs in 11 of 14 games, including six with 2+.

In the Rams divisional rout of Green Bay he ran 82 yards and had 47 yards in air along with a 7 yard TD run.

Faulk carried the Rams to the Super Bowl with a 159 yard performance vs. the Eagles. He scored two second half TDs to turn a one point deficit to a 13 point lead.

In the Super Bowl he had 76 yards on just 17 carries and 4 catches for 56 yards.

He had 314 yards in 3 playoffs games (5.0 ypc) and 114 receiving yards.

St. Louis would win the NFC for the 2^nd time in three years but fell 20-17 to the Patriots in the Big Game.

The Rams went 14-2 and won the NFC West. They led NFL in yards and points (31.4).

2. Kurt Warner: Was the MVP for the 2^nd time in three years.

He led NFL in passing (101.4), yards (4,830), 36 TDs, comp. % (68.7) and completions.

His yards totals were second most in a single season.

He was a unanimous All-Pro.

He had nine games over 300 yards passing and eight with 3 or more TDs.

He threw for 216 and two scores in round 2 vs. the Packers.

His 5 yards scoring pass to Issac Bruce opened scoring in the Rams conference title winning game, 29-24 over the Eagles.

Warner passed for the second most yards (365) in Super Bowl history. He led the Greatest Show on Turf from down 17-3 to a tie score at 17 late in the 4^th quarter.

The Rams became the first team in NFL history to score 500 points in three straight seasons.

3. Rich Gannon: Was Pro Bowl MVP for the 2^nd straight season.

He was 1^st team All-AFC (Pro Football Weekly).

Gannon was 2^nd in comp, rating (95.5), and comp. % (65.8).

The Raiders QB was 5^th in yards (3,828), and 4^th in TD (27).

In the playoffs Gannon gave the Raiders double digit cushions with TD passes to Tim Brown and Jerry Rice.

He was 23-29 for 291 yards 2 TD and 131.9 rating as the Raiders got past the Jets 38-24.

In the divisional round vs. the Patriots Gannon’s 2^nd quarter TD pass gave Oakland a halftime lead. He finished with 159 yards passing in the Snow Bowl.

The Raiders would eventually lose 16-13 in overtime after the controversial “Tuck Rule” call.

The Raiders went 10-6 and won the AFC West. They averaged 25 ppg which was good for 2^nd in the AFC.