That's awesome, actually. You were able to see the players humanize themselves in a way few could. And it just seems to have been more genuine an act before the internet and social media. Fewer avenues of communication meant each of those events really had to mean something.
I don’t think the players are more disingenuous now because the press and publications arm of the team has more ground to cover. That’s attempting to justify a preferred outcome.
This was an NFLPA award. I bet nobody here can name, without searching, last week’s winner or the last Saints player to win it.