A panel of 50 sportswriters have voted, and after getting 22 first place votes, Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins is the NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
Denver's Champ Bailey received 16 votes, and supplement enthusiast Shawne Merriman finished in 3rd place in voting with 6.
That Merriman received such few votes is an indication that the writers were not buying the excuse that he accidentally took the tainted supplement. Even after several prominent NFL writers (SI's Peter King and ESPN's Len Pasquarelli) said they would (and should) disregard the suspension when voting, the majority of their colleagues simply could not overlook the fact that while Merriman probably is the best defensive player in the NFL, the facts are he was caught cheating this year.
The official vote went like this:
Jason Taylor (22)
Champ Bailey (16)
Shawne Merriman (6)
Brian Urlacher (4)
Ray Lewis (1)
Trevor Pryce (1)
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