But there are the MVP odds courtesy of bet, MGM Pat Mahomes. Now
the prohibitive favorite it had been Josh Allen for the longest
time Josh. Now in this down to ten to one, so we're going to
do draft of our MVP candidates as of right now, they've
changed the voting
for the AP. Each of the 50 voters will list 5
which will B good. It's smart, it gives more people
recognition, and it's
reduces the chances of a tie. III, just think it's smart.
It's long overdue. So, kudos to the AP, for making that change.
Will have six in this draft miles. You get the first pick.
Yeah. I love the change that the AP made and I also am going
to make the obvious pick here and to me the MVP of the league
right now is Patrick Mahomes. I mean it well I started
the season when they started the season I just like felt like
and I think some said this to write that patch Mahomes going
to have his best year yet and so far that's really happening
and he's got
More passing yards than anybody else.
He has six more passing touchdowns than anybody else at
29. And he's tied for second among qualified pastors at 8.1
yards per attempt. And it's no Tyreke Hill no problem.
They keep rotating in different. Guys, guys have
gotten hurt. Dairy is Tony comes in immediately. He
contributes Travis Kelce is playing like the best tight end
in football and when he gets one on one coverage, that's
where Patrick Mahomes is going,
it just, it's been a well-oiled machine this year in ways that
it really was not. Last year for the Chiefs and they still
were great, right? They are even better this year and
I just, I feel like this
offense is as good as it's been since Patrick Mahomes has been
there.
You know, I have plenty of offseason takes, that
ultimately are proven incorrect, but one thing that
I said, after the Chiefs lost tiree kill and the Packers lost
Davante Adams, I'm very concerned about the Packers
offense.
I'm not concerned about the Chiefs offense, even without
Tyree kill because of Padua homes and all the other weapons
in the way, they draw it up and the way they make it work. So
I agree with you.
He's the favorite right now for good. Reason,
I'll go jail and hurts with the guy who's in second position on
the odds. And here's the the reality
and I say this all the time. It doesn't stop me from continuing
say because I don't ever hear anybody else say it, the MVP is
almost always a quarterback from one of the two number one
seeds,
that's how it works. So it's fun to talk about it
beforehand, but it doesn't matter. Until we know what
the playoff tree is and we see who the one seeds are. That's when
we have that Vibe. The voting happens, three days later
right after the regular season ends,
the one seed is so important. Now it's the only team that
gets the by in each conference. So as it stands right now, it's
going to be Mahomes. Jalen hurts. It's going to be one of
the two and Mahomes probably would get the edge for name,
recognition and whatnot, but jail
and hearts. You can make a good case for him,
great Runner, better Runner than Mahomes clearly not as
good of a passer, but improving and a great leader, a great
leader of men, a great leader of the locker room, a great
presence that is elevated, that team and has them all thinking
the way he does.
And when you think about MVP to me, it's more than stats.
That's for offensive player of the year. This is the guy who
is Most valuable to his team without jail and hurts. Of
course not Pat Mahomes the Chiefs don't have a chance
either, but there's no way. The Eagles are doing what they're
doing without
Jalen hurts.
I agree. And I agree with you about Jalen hurd's leadership
to it really is just kind of second to none, but I think you
have to kind of pay that same compliment to Patrick Mahomes.
Right? Because his leadership is second to none and we see
that from the way he got all of those guys together
in the offseason, got them all comfortable with him
and then that's why. Why he voluntary? Well, it's voluntary
his done.
Yeah. Well yeah, well I don't know what I did. I do that.
I will have to slap it. Aaron Rodgers.
Well, I was trying, I'm doing it because it's
Aaron Rodgers catching his stray.
I didn't you your point is well taken aim at all. That's
lighter ship, I did but I did you die. Happy. I'm happy.
I did.
He you show up your present, your there
beyond the voluntary.
You get your guys together. You get everyone on the same page
you show them that you give a crap. So I agree with you great
leadership skills for both
of the MVP favorites. All right, we'll move on to round
2. Who do you have next round? It's a little more interesting.
Yeah, I guess so but I would take to a tongue of Aloha
because he isn't playing really, really, really good
football.
And a lot of that has to do with the system that Mike
McDaniel has brought in, has to do, with his weapons, Tyreke
Hill. And Jalen waddle are probably the best receiving duo
in football. I feel pretty. Comfortable saying
that but he's still got to get the passes there, right? And
you still have to be accurate and he still
has been so so good in terms of his passer rating.
I mean, he's at but what 119 I think it is right now as it's
one 15.7 I have it in front of me as I look at it's 10 points
higher than anybody else. Right now
in the National Football League and when he starts and finishes
games, they win this week, against San Francisco was going
to be a big test, you know? If he goes out there and he lights
it up against that defense,
then he might shoot up
even further on my list for MVP candidates. Because this, like
I said, that, that San Francisco defense is that good
that if he goes out there and he balls out? Well, that's
going to mean a lot.
See, I'm going to take Josh Allen and this gets back to.
I have a greater belief that the bills will be the 1 seed. Then
the Dolphins right now, we talked about it earlier, what's
the confidence level? The Chiefs are going to achieve,
the Dolphins are going to hold on to the top spot in the AFC
East,
I think the bills ultimately win that Division. If the bills
of the wannsee than Josh Allen is the MVP and the fact that so
much hype and attention had been attached to him, he was
the favorite from
all of the offseason
through the first half of the regular.
Our season. If they come out of this with the 1 seed, then it's
him
and I'm more confident in the bills doing it than
the Dolphins. The Dolphins have to be the one seed for to a to be
the MVP. I mean it gets back to this whole one seed quarterback
thing, but it's critical
to the final analysis. All right, final round
Mi. Who do you have?
I'm going to take your guy and I'm going to go Justin
Jefferson. And frankly I'd have Justin Jefferson over
Josh Allen right now because Josh Allen is tied for
the league lead in interceptions. He's lost three fumbles.
Creating too many turnover plays, right? But just in
Jefferson and
he makes so many caches
that. Yeah, he makes the routine catches, he makes
a special catches but those tough catches like the catch that set
up the thielen touchdown on Thanksgiving. That's just one
where
it counts as well. However, many yards,
but so many receivers would drop that ball after they get
hit. It's just always these tough really strong catches
that he He makes that most people can't and I just think
that so elevated. If the Vikings don't have Justin
Jefferson, they're not nearly as good as they are, right? And
usually we say that about the QB, but I just really feel that
strongly about Justin Jefferson, you know, he's
already set
the mark for most receiving yards by a player, in his first
three years and got six games left to go. That's that's
incredible. I think he deserves some MVP consideration.
And you know the problem is we saw the odds earlier he and
Kirk Cousins had the exact same if we have the graphic we can
show it again
at plus 8080 21, not bad value and
the here's the problem.
Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson would split votes. If
the Vikings somehow get the number one seed, which they're
one game behind have to make up two games over the final six,
because they lose the tie breaker head-to-head with
the Eagles
but cousins and Jefferson. I think, would split vote
and it would make it harder for either of them to win. And
again that's one of the reasons why our receiver has never won
it because if a receiver has a special year,
chances are the quarterback had an even more special year.
And the quarterback is the one who gets
the MVP. Votes. I'm going to Pivot away
from either of the Vikings and go to Joe burrow for my next
one, because
and the Bengals are on the rise there, two games behind
the Chiefs, they have a chance to cut it to one. They have
a chance to continue to rise. They have a chance to get the 1
seed and think
the one seed Joe Borough, it comes down to Joe burrow or
jail and Hertz is the MVP at that point. And maybe burrow
with this late kick does enough, it was a lake kick by
Adrian Peterson. That stole the MVP a decade ago. From Peyton
Manning, we still have a third of the season to go
and recency bias is a thing.
So somebody is going to rise up with a great performance down
the stretch and that's going to capture us and I think Joe
burrow is a guy who could do it.
Yeah, I mean, I do too
look this game that's coming up against the Kansas City, Chiefs
big National profile game, he balls out in that one then
yeah, that's absolutely going to vote him
up in people's minds that he could certainly be.
The MVP of the league. He's playing great even without
you know some of his top weapons. Over the last few
weeks you are Chase. Hasn't played in a few weeks with that
hip injury they think he's going to be back this week but
still I mean Joe borough has been elevating that team
throughout the course of this season and
I can certainly see him
with a late push becoming an MVP.
Yeah, no, Joe Mixon this past weekend. He had that 5
touchdown game a few weeks back. Jamar, Chase has now
missed four games and they keep winning, and they've caught
the Ravens. And if they catch the Chiefs
burrow, may very well be
the league MVP. Let's take a break. We'll wrap up this
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