MVP 2021 named in Puppy Bowl XVII

Marshall, a 15 week old Boston Terrier playing in his rookie year in the prestigious Puppy bowl, was officially named MVP of Puppy Bowl XVII. A native of Salem, Va., Marshall dug deep and shot hard for his team as part of the 2021 starting lineup at this year’s Puppy Bowl, Snop Dogg and Jailbird Martha Stewart were there to kick off the 17th Puppy Bowl, which once again champion against chomp’ion in a battle for the Lombarky trophy. While the world outside of Geico Stadium has been forced to take year-round downtime, no quarantine could stop these canine competitors from doing their doody on the pitch. Team Ruff in their “Fido-range” bandanas were looking for something missing after Fluff’s “Blue Bones” team neutralized their triple-round chances in the surprising upset of 2020, but the Ruffs are not. the type to turn around and run away from a challenge. The two best players to ever play the game went on a rampage in a battle to see who would become the best dog, making this Bowl game not to be missed!

Marshall, winner of the Puppy Bowl XVII MVP (Most Valuable Puppy) award, may be hard of hearing, but there is no doubt about this warrior’s fabric – on and off the court. Playing for Team Fluff, Marshall scored a rare rotating double touchdown in the first quarter to give his team an early lead. When not scoring a Puppy Bowl touchdown, Marshall trains with Puppy Bowl veteran XVI Killian at Green Dogs Unleashed to become a therapy dog ​​for those in need.

Little Marshall may be completely deaf, but he’s also very keen to compete. Photo credit: Elias Weiss Friedman, Animal Planet

It was the sweet 17th annual Puppy Bowl, but for fans of the underdog Ruff’s team, they saw their team spend much of the game from the same perspective as a musher in the Iditarod: nothing but the lead dog was preventing them. With big touchdown scores from MVP “Mad Dog” Marshall, Milky Way the “Terrible Bruiser” Terrier / Boxer, and Beliveau the Beautiful, the Fluffs were the best dogs to come into the half, and they continued to rub the Ruff’s nose in their mess took a two touchdown lead in the third. Yet these young dogs from the Ruffs were ready to learn new tricks for maintaining tug of war. “Multiple” Muffin warmed things up with two touchdowns, and Tank the “Rotten” Rottweiler also took him to the doghouse twice. In the final seconds of the game, it was “Wiseguy” Paulie facing a crowd of Terriers and Coonhounds as he battled Milky Way and Aaron Pawgers for the big score that would end it all.

Final score: 69 to 73 for the Ruffs, and the big dogs are back in the lead.

Each of these canine competitors left everything on the field in this year’s big game. And in the end, no puppy was left out, as Animal Planet found adoptive parents for the stars of the event. Puppy Bowl XVII was one for the Hound Hall of Fame. Stay tuned to IGN for more information on Fluff as it becomes apparent.