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In fan voting on NFL.com for the Super Bowl’s MVP, DeJean was the No. 1 choice, and that was considered in selecting the award winner. The fan voting counted 20 percent toward choosing the Super Bowl MVP. But all of that didn’t go in support of DeJean.

Jalen Hurts doesn’t rattle. Not in the face of a blitz, not under the heat of criticism, not even, famously when, back at the University of Alabama, he was benched at halftime of the national title game.