League MVP
1. Who should win?
2. Who will win?
- Brady
- Gurley
- Donald
- Wentz
- Brown
- Bell
- Gronk
- Wilson
- Campbell
- Brees
Someone else?
Brady - Probably between Brady and Gurley IMO.
Wentz - I can't see it happening because of the injury counting against him, but it wouldn't be a total shock either.
Wilson - With the demise of the Legion of Boom, lack of running game and terrible O-Line, I can see the case for Wilson being MVP, because they're probably a 3-13 team this year without him. However, he needs to make the playoffs, and even then it's hard to overlook performances such as the game against Jacksonville.
Brees - Could be argued that he's not even been the MVP of the Saints this year when they've got two backs who will almost certainly reach 3,000 yards from scrimmage between them. He's had a good season, but not an MVP season.
Gurley - Definitely in the conversation, not only for his statistical contribution but for how that also assists the development of Jared Goff. We could potentially look back in fifteen years at Jared Goff's career and wonder where he would've gone if it wasn't for Todd Gurley this season. Last season, Goff looked like a guy who could be out of the league within three years.
Bell - Don't think he's the best player on the team this year. Also don't think he's been better than Gurley.
Gronk - Availability will always be an issue for him, and I think his 1 game suspension will count against him much more than any injury.
Brown - Belongs in the conversation for certain. Like Wentz, injury might cost him.
Donald - DPOTY perhaps. Won't get the love he deserves because he's a defensive tackle for MVP. Maybe in the outside shot group.
Campbell - There's more chance of Jason Campbell winning it. He's had a good season, but so have AJ Bouye and Jalen Ramsay, so how much of their respective performances are down to which player? He's also played against
Deshaun Watson Tom Savage,
Andrew Luck Jacoby Brissett and Marcus Mariota who hasn't looked the same since his injury last year. 9 out of 14.5 sacks this season were against Houston and Indy in blowouts against poor QBs. No sacks of Rivers in Week 10, Wilson in Week 14 or Garoppolo in Week 16, despite the Jags' secondary. I don't think you can run up big sack numbers against poor teams and poor QBs and be in the MVP discussion because of it. Pro Bowl, yes. MVP, no. I don't think he's even been the best DE this year - IMO that man is Everson Griffen.
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