INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a
landslide.

Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans quarterback Drew
Brees in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who
regularly cover the NFL. The Packers star is the first Green Bay
player honored since Brett Favre (fahrv) concluded a run of three
straight seasons as MVP in 1997.

Rodgers led the NFL in passing with 45 touchdown passes, six
interceptions and a 68.3 completion percentage as the Packers went
15-1 and won the NFC North.

He joins former Packers Bart Starr, Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung
in being selected MVP.

Rodgers is the third consecutive quarterback voted MVP, joining
New England's Tom Brady (2007, 2010) and Indianapolis' Peyton
Manning (2008,2009).

In other AP awards:

-- San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the
playoffs. The Niners finished 13-3 and lost in the NFC Conference
title game to the Giants.

-- Drew Brees' record-setting season has earned the New Orleans
quarterback the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the
Year award.

-- Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs, the most dynamic player on
the Ravens' staunch defense, has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year award.

--Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has won the 2011
Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year award.

--Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has won the 2011
Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

--Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller has won a two-man race
with 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith for the 2011 Associated Press NFL
Defensive Rookie of the Year award.