The MVP race has been getting heated this season. Before the season’s commencement, nobody could have guessed that Dak Prescott and Brock Purdy would be leaders in the MVP race.
What makes this year’s MVP race crazier is that there is a wide receiver among the top 10 players in the run-up. Tyreek Hill ranks 8th in FOX Sports and MGM sports books with odds of +2000 to win the MVP award.
Since the inception of the AP NFL MVP Honors in 1957, the award has gone to 42 quarterbacks and just 18 non-QBs. No wide receiver has ever won the award, despite the position being one of the most important ones with the most talented and athletic players.
That is an insane fact, is it not? The closest a wide receiver ever came to winning the MVP was in 1998 when Randy Moss got a vote for having 1313 yards on 69 receptions and 17 touchdowns.
Could Tyreek Hill become the first non-QB MVP in over a decade?
Will this be the first time the voters decide to make history by giving a wide receiver the MVP award? The answer to that question remains contingent on whether Tyreek Hill will be able to cross 2,000 receiving yards in the regular season.
As of today, he has 97 receptions for 1,542 yards with 12 TDs. He is averaging 15.9 yards per reception. In the coming weeks, the 9-4 Miami Dolphins face the New York Jets, the Dallas Cowboys, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Buffalo Bills.
Hill will need to have a minimum of 114.5 yards per game if he stands to break the record set by Calvin ‘Megatron’ Johnson in 2012. That will be nothing short of a challenge because he will go up against the best defenses in the NFL.
In a perfect world, Hill would be crowned MVP, however, it will be hard for the voters to not consider Dak Prescott and Brock Purdy. The two have been the primary reasons for the success of their teams, the storylines are inspiring, and most importantly, they lead the league in terms of stats such as QBR and touchdowns accounted for. To make the most out of this hot betting market, the top casino apps in NJ by Carl Mansson can be one way to pounce on the opportunity.
Prescott’s case for MVP will remain contingent on the outcome of the next 5 games, especially the game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The sole criticism against him has been that the Cowboys have managed to beat just one team that is above .500 that is the Seattle Seahawks (and now the Eagles after week 14), another factor will be if he can lead his team to secure the first seed in the NFC East as historically, the award has gone to quarterbacks whose teams rank atop their respective divisions.
If the season ends today, Brock Purdy is likely to win the MVP award. Why you ask? Look at it like this, one year ago, Purdy was the last pick in the NFL Draft, fate puts him in the driver’s seat.
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