In 1981, Taylor won the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards and the Giants made the playoffs for the first time since 1963.

* Gaines Adams, former Defensive End for the NFL's Chicago Bears

He was voted the George S. Halas Trophy in 1971 as the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year as awarded by the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ).

Peppers finished fourth in voting for the NFL's 2010 AP Defensive Player of the Year Award, which was won by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu.

In 1997, Young helped teammate DT Dana Stubblefield record 15 sacks and win honors of the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year Award by consistently taking on most of the double teams on the interior defensive front from the opposing teams offensive line.

* Albert Haynesworth-Professional Football Player for NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers

He was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1943, and Pulitzer prize winning sports writer Ira Berkow wrote that Luckman was " the first great T-formation quarterback ".

Faulk won, for the third year in a row, the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year award, but finished second in a close vote to teammate Kurt Warner in the MVP vote.

He was the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, the National Football League Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 & 2011, and the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV.

The NFL's original Most Valuable Player award was named for Carr in 1938.

* Rick Spielman, Vice President of Player Personnel of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings

" Bears running back Gale Sayers uttered these famous words in May 1970, as he accepted the NFL's most Courageous Player award.

In the 2005 season, Alexander broke out by setting several records and was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player en route to a Super Bowl XL appearance with the Seahawks.

Allen and the 1969 Rams seemed to justify the coach's renewed presence ; the Rams ' 11-3 mark earned them a Coastal Division title as Gabriel won the NFL's Most Valuable Player award.

He was voted to the All-Pro team in 1990 and 1991, was selected to 5 straight Pro Bowls from 1989 – 1993, and was named NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1991, after becoming the 11th player in NFL history to finish a season with over 2, 000 all-purpose yards.

Young also received the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year Award for his fantastic play that same season.

Troy Vincent was named VP of the NFL's Active Player Development in 2010, a position he assumed on February 22, 2010.

That year, Groza was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player by Sporting News.

He was named All-Pro and was awarded the NFL's Most Valuable Player Award.

After the 1977 season He was named the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year, selected All-AFC by The Sporting News,

* Barty Smith -- Player for NFL's Green Bay Packers ( 1974 – 1981 ) and member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1999

He was named the NFL's Coach of the Year in 1981 and 1984.

Hill was the NFL's Rookie of the Year in 1954 and its most valuable player in 1955, both voted by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

During the 1998 season the team featured receiver Oronde Gadsden, who won the league's Rookie Of The Year award, and went on to sign with the NFL's Miami Dolphins.

He was the NFL's Rookie of the Year in 1969, even though he played on a Steelers team that went 1-13 in Chuck Noll's first year as its head coach.

In the process, Reeves earned the NFL's top coaching awards as he was named the 1998 NFL Coach of the Year.

In 1969, he was named the NFL's Top Offensive Lineman of the Year by the 1, 000-Yard Club in Columbus, Ohio.

He was named the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year at season's end and was also named to the AFC Pro Bowl team for that year.

Vermeil was named the NFL's Coach of the Year in 1980, and led the Eagles into Super Bowl XV after defeating the Dallas Cowboys for the NFC championship.

He won the UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year award as a running back and became the first rookie in 20 years to finish in the NFL's top 10 in both rushing ( sixth with 755 yards ) and receiving ( eight with 53 catches for 814 yards ).

The Bears picked Anderson to back up, and eventually succeed, Walter Payton, who became the Bears and NFL's all-time rushing leader during his lengthy career.

The team started off 2 – 0, defeating the Dallas Cowboys earning the NFL's highest winning percentage on opening days at. 750 with a record of 9 – 3 ), and shutting out the defending champs Pittsburgh Steelers.

The deal made him one of the NFL's highest-paid coaches .. Fresh off their Super Bowl season, the team started off red hot going 11-2 through 13 games, but after the Plaxico Burress shooting incident, the team went 1-2 down the stretch and despite being the # 1 seed they were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Eagles.

In 1960, the NFL's game was held on Monday, December 26 ; the AFL had that week off, and played its title contest on Sunday, January 1st.

Many of the NFL's scouts questioned his attitude and his ability to avoid future troubles on and off the field.

Perhaps Dial's most famous moment was when he scored a touchdown against the Cowboys in 1962 and as he ran into the endzone, a loud explosive charge was set off right in front of him, heavily startling Dial, a moment that has been remembered as one of the NFL's greatest follies.

The team was placed in the Capitol Division of the NFL's Eastern Conference ; their division foes were the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Redskins The team started off well, with a 5-1 pre-season record ; then, on the first play of the regular season, wide receiver John Gilliam returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.

The irony of the game was that O ' Donnell entered Super Bowl XXX as the NFL's career leader in fewest interceptions per pass attempt.

The most impressive feat during the season occurred on October 12, 1992, when Art Monk became the NFL's all-time leading pass receiver against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football by catching his 820th career reception.

Two backs, fullback Larry Centers and halfback Marshall Faulk, rank among the NFL's top 20 pass catchers.

Pennington is the NFL's all-time leader in career completion percentage at 66. 0 %, among quarterbacks with at least 1, 500 pass attempts.

On September 12, 2004, during the NFL's opening Sunday Night Football game of the season, Bailey intercepted his first pass as a Bronco.

Professionally, Rodgers is the NFL's all-time career leader in passer rating during both the regular season with a rating of 104. 1, and the postseason with a rating of 105. 5 – among passers with at least 1, 500 and 150 pass attempts respectively.

He was one of the few outside linebackers who could play pass defense as well as the NFL's top safeties.

In their Super Bowl XII season in 1977, The Crush had the NFL's number-one defense against the rush though the Broncos were 27th out of 28 teams against the pass.