The NFL held its first NFL Honors show tonight, with all of the major awards being announced. The highlight of the night was, of course, the NFL MVP award, which was given to the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers won with 48 votes, while New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees picked up the other two votes.

Rodgers is the first Green Bay Packers player to be named MVP since 1997. That year was the end of three straight MVP awards for Brett Favre. The award was presented to Rodgers by four-time MVP Peyton Manning. Rodgers told Manning, "We're all really excited to see you back on the field next year."

Since 2007, the NFL MVP has gone to a quarterback, with the New England Patriots' Tom Brady winning the award in 2007 and 2010, while Manning won it in 2009 and 2010.

Brees was not shut out of the awards, however. He walked away with the league's Offensive Player of the Year award, after breaking Miami Dolphins legendary quarterback Dan Marino's 27-year-old single season passing yardage record. Brees finished the season with 5,476 yards passing, along with 468 completions - breaking Manning's 2010 mark of 450. He also broke his own completion percentage record, set back in 2009, moving up one percentage point from 70.6% to 71.6%.

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About a week ago, we took a look at the first half of the 2011 season awards for the Miami Dolphins. Unfortunately, things got chaotic, and this second half wasn't able to come out as scheduled. However, here they are and these awards were voted upon by you, looking to highlight the top individual and team efforts by the Dolphins over the past season - despite the disappointment of the 6-10 record.

That first post announced the Rookie of the Year (Mike Pouncey), Breakout Player of the Year (Reggie Bush), Game of the Year (Week 17, 19-17 win over the New York Jets), Best Single Game Performance (Reggie Bush, 203 yards rushing against the Buffalo Bills), and the Moment of the Year (Jason Taylor's Final Game).

On to the second half of the awards.

The first poll take a look at the Offensive Player of the Year. The nominees for the award were quartreback Matt Moore, running back Reggie Bush, wide receiver Brandon Marshall, tight end Anthony Fasano, and tight end/fullback Charles Clay. Of the 679 votes cast in the poll, 429 of them (63.18%) went to our winner. The 2011 Miami Dolphins Offensive Player of the Year is Reggie Bush.

Matt Moore claimed second place with 20.47% of the vote, with Brandon Marshall in third (14.29%).

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Over the past couple of weeks, the Phinsider has taken a look back at some of the great individual and team performances of the Miami Dolphins' 2011 season. While the 6-10 record was a large disappointment, there were some great contributions throughout the season. Now, it's time to announce the winners to the first half of the awards.

The first category was Miami Dolphins Rookie of the Year. The nominees included center Mike Pouncey, running back Daniel Thomas, tight end/full back Charles Clay, wide receiver Clyde Gates, and cornerback Jimmy Wilson. This vote, like many of you predicted in the comments for the thread, was not close. According to the Phinsider readers, the 2011 Miami Dolphins Rookie of the Year, with 77.77% of the 1,273 votes was, center Mike Pouncey.

Charles Clay came in second with 12.18%, followed by Jimmy Wilson with 4.79%.

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It's been a couple of days since the last vote for a 2011 Miami Dolphins individual recognition. We conclude the series of polls tonight with the MVP award. The Dolphins struggled for the first half of the season, but rounded into shape and several players turned it on as the season continued.

Now, you get to vote for who was the Dolphins' Most Valuable Player in 2011. The nominees are:

Matt Moore, Quarterback

Reggie Bush, Running Back

Brandon Marshall, Wide Receiver

Karlos Dansby, Linebacker

Cameron Wake, Linebacker

Yeremiah Bell, Safety

Dan Carpenter, Kicker

Brandon Fields, Punter

The poll will remain open until midnight on Wednesday. Head below to vote.

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The Phinsider's review of the 2011 Miami Dolphins season closes in on the final set of polls, with tonight's Defensive Player of the Year vote being the penultimate poll before tomorrow's MVP vote. The defense was supposed to be the strength of the Dolphins this season. And, despite a slow start, it eventually rounded into shape and looked like the unit we all expected.

Each member of the defense did their share this year, and each could be recognized for individual performances throughout the year. But tonight, we look at the best overall defensive performance for the season. The nominees are:

Cameron Wake, Linebacker

Karlos Dansby, Linebacker

Kevin Burnett, Linebacker

Jason Taylor, Linebacker

Vontae Davis, Cornerback

Sean Smith, Cornerback

Will Allen, Cornerback

Yeremiah Bell, Safety

Reshad Jones, Safety

Continue reading for your chance to vote. And, make sure you head over to the Linemen of the Year post to vote there if you haven't yet. This poll will remain open until midnight Sunday, while the linemen poll closes tomorrow at midnight.

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The review of the Miami Dolphins 2011 season continues today, with the focus turning to the offensive and defensive lines. So far, we've looked at the Dolphins' Rookie of the Year, Breakout Player of the Year, Game of the Year, Single Game Performance of the Year, Moment of the Year, and Offensive Player of the Year.

Tonight, we get two polls. The first is the offensive line. The nominees are:

Jake Long, Left Tackle

Richie Incognito, Left Guard

Mike Pouncey, Center

Vernon Carey, Right Guard

, Right Tackle

John Jerry

Nate Garner

For the defensive line, continue reading.

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Time to start hitting the big awards as we review the Miami Dolphins 2011 season. Coming up, we have the defensive player of the year, lineman of the year, and MVP. Tonight, we look at the offensive player of the year.

And the nominees are:

Matt Moore, Quarterback

Reggie Bush, Running Back

Brandon Marshall, Wide Receiver

Anthony Fasano, Tight End

Charles Clay, Fullback

You can vote below. The poll will remain open until midnight Friday. You can also continue to vote for the Dolphins Moment of the Year, with that poll closing at midnight tomorrow.

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The end of the Phisnider's Miami Dolphins 2011 awards is coming near, with just a few more votes to be taken. Tonight, we take a look at the moment of the year. This one is pretty straight forward.

The nominees are:

Jason Taylor's Final Game

Other

The poll will remain open until midnight Thursday. You can also continue to vote on the single game performance of the year, with that poll closing at might tomorrow.

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