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It's official: Gannon named NFL MVP.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Steve Corkran
ALAMEDA, Calif. _ The Associated Press announced Wednesday that Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon is the recipient of its Most Valuable Player award for the 2002 regular season.
Gannon received 19 votes from a nationwide panel of 48 NFL sportswriters and broadcasters.
"Without question, he is deserving of this award and it truly validates him as one of the great players in the NFL," Raiders coach Bill Callahan said at a news conference Wednesday morning.
Gannon, 37, certainly played as well or better than any quarterback this season. He passed for a league-best 4,689 yards, completed 67.6 percent of his passes, threw 26 touchdown passes and engineered the league's top-ranked offense.
He finished well ahead of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, Tennessee Titans ...
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