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Olsen a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Finalist


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He already won.. Panther Fans when nuts on Twitter the last day of the vote for a dominate comeback win.

 

"Congratulations to Greg Olsen, the winner of the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Charity Challenge. Olsen will receive $25,000 from Nationwide to benefit Receptions for Research. Don't forget, the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year will be announced in Houston at NFL Honors, a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on February 4, the night before Super Bowl LI, from 8-10 p.m. (ET and PT) on FOX."

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2 minutes ago, NYPantherFan said:

He already won.. Panther Fans when nuts on Twitter the last day of the vote for a dominate comeback win.

 

"Congratulations to Greg Olsen, the winner of the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Charity Challenge. Olsen will receive $25,000 from Nationwide to benefit Receptions for Research. Don't forget, the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year will be announced in Houston at NFL Honors, a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on February 4, the night before Super Bowl LI, from 8-10 p.m. (ET and PT) on FOX."

That's the charity challenge.

That does not decide the actual WPMOY award.

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10 minutes ago, NYPantherFan said:

He already won.. Panther Fans when nuts on Twitter the last day of the vote for a dominate comeback win.

 

"Congratulations to Greg Olsen, the winner of the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Charity Challenge. Olsen will receive $25,000 from Nationwide to benefit Receptions for Research. Don't forget, the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year will be announced in Houston at NFL Honors, a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on February 4, the night before Super Bowl LI, from 8-10 p.m. (ET and PT) on FOX."

No, that was the "Charity Challenge" which earned the winning WPMOY nominee an extra 25K for his charity.  Fan votes don't count for the actual WPMOY award.

So thrilled for Greg.  He makes all of us Panther fans SO PROUD!  Hope he wins.  This is the best news of the day, by far, and would go a long way towards bringing something positive and a SWEET MEMORY out of a lousy season.

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23 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

Will be tough to compete against Eli but very proud of Greg to be in final 3.

Eli was one of the finalists last year too...  (TD was also a finalist 2 years in a row - he won it the 2nd time).

Eli & Fitz are BOTH tough competition.  I have heard great things about Larry Fitzgerald's charity work.  Know less about what Eli does off the field.

Interesting that neither Eli or Fitz made a dent in the charity challenge, however.  The fan support for Greg is amazing.  I hope that somehow sways judges in Greg's favor.

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13 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Would love for Olsen to win it, but I'd be surprised if they gave it to a player on the same team in back to back seasons. Shouldn't matter, but I think it will.

Td didn't win last year. Boldin did. At least I think that's right. 

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14 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Would love for Olsen to win it, but I'd be surprised if they gave it to a player on the same team in back to back seasons. Shouldn't matter, but I think it will.

Anquan  Boldin won it  last year. TD was year prior

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