Earl shoulda won it, IMO. No player is as important to a defensive scheme as Earl is to ours. Keuchly is elite, no question, but he's a non-passrushing middle LB benefiting from playing behind arguably the best the defensive line in the NFL. He does not deserve this more than Quinn, Thomas, or Mathis. Hell, he's not even the most deserving middle linebacker, Bowman is (although it's not quite the same, as Bowman plays in a 3-4). Speaking of which, how in the world is Bowman not one of the top 3 vote getters? Dude is a beast playing on a top 5 defense.