Football writers vote Falcons’ Vic Beasley NFL’s most improved
Fri., Jan. 20, 2017
The Pro Football Writers of America voted Falcons linebacker Vic Beasley as the NFL’s most improved player for the 2016 season, the organization announced Friday.
Beasley led the NFL this season with 15 1/2 sacks and tied for the most forced fumbles with six. During his rookie season of 2015, Beasley had four sacks and two forced fumbles.
The Falcons selected Beasley with the No. 8 overall draft pick out of Clemson. They are set to face the Packers in the NFC Championship game Sunday at the Georgia Dome.
Falcons personnel earned three PFWA awards announced this week. The organization named quarterback Matt Ryan as its league MVP and voted offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan its assistant coach of the year.
Local journalism is essential.
Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions at the newspaper -- by using the easy options below. Gifts processed in this system are not tax deductible, but are predominately used to help meet the local financial requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds.
Subscribe to the sports newsletter
Get the day’s top sports headlines and breaking news delivered to your inbox by subscribing here.