Bailey Zappe... For MVP?...

Can we just change the name of the Most Valuable Player award to the Most Valuable Quarterback award. It’s getting ridiculous. More ridiculous than me standing in line for an all you can eat ribs buffet saying “you know what, I think I’ll have a salad with a nice raspberry vinaigrette… wait raspberry vinaigrette has to much sugar how about just a couple of lemons instead…” There hasn’t been one QB this year that has been outstanding by any means. It has just been a very pedestrian year at best. The usual suspects have either been hurt or just played down right horribly this year, Mahomes not good, Josh Allen way too many picks, Kirk Cousins hurt, Aaron Rodgers hurt, Joe Burrow hurt. Even the newcomers haven’t been great or hurt. Trevor Lawrence was hurt and just not good but somehow he has the fourth highest odds to win, Justin Herbert Hurt, Brock Purdy has played well but I can think of two other players on his own team that should win the award before he even gets looked at but his odds are somehow the third best. Next time I look at the odds I’m sure I’m going to see Tom Brady’s name high on the list and he’s not in the league anymore but somehow his odds will be better than Christian McCaffery’s. Tom Brady should be up for most valuable player, look at the Patriots without him, clearly he is more valuable than any player playing this season.

Lamar Jackson and Dak Prescott are about the only two quarterbacks that have legit cases to win the MVP Award. Lamar has had a great season by leading his Baltimore Ravens to the number 1 seed in the AFC, which is an incredible feat for a quarterback that no one seemed to want last year. He kind of tested the free agent market and there seemed to be no takers based on his injury history. To do what he is doing this year must feel better than finding a dried out crumbled up 10-dollar bill in your pocket after it has gone through the wash. But when you step back and take a real Mona Lisa look at his numbers, they aren’t anything special. He is 14th in passing yards and 10th in passing touchdowns, now I know what you’re going to say “but, but Bwett what about his wushing stats, he’s a wunning quarterback…” and to that I say… those aren’t anything special either, he has had 821 yards rushing with 5 rushing td’s. His stats are good when you combine them together but is it MVP level good? I don’t think so. Dak Prescott has a better case for MVP than Lamar. Dak is 4th in passing yards and 1st in passing touchdowns, with 300 yards rushing and a couple rushing touchdowns to add to the equation. The only difference between Dak and Lamar is that Lamar has his team in first place, while Dak is still fighting for 2nd place and the division with the Eagles. Winning seems to mean a lot in the eyes of the voters more than I thought. oh shoot... I forgot about a quarterback that might deserve the MVP award, Joe Flacco… How could I forget about that silver fox Joe Flacco. Just like Gandalf the Grey came back to life to become Gandalf the White and help lead a victory over the Orcs, Joe has come back to life to help lead The Browns back to the playoffs. I mean Joe should definitely be in the conversation if long haired Trevor Lawerence is.

There is a hole list of guys that deserve the MVP award over both of those guys in my opinion. Well not over Joe Flacco but over Lamar and Dak. Let’s start with the most obvious one, Trent Williams for the 49ers. This man has moved actual mountains this year, he is the best athlete in the NFL, he does nothing but keep his QB safe and create gaping holes for his running backs to run through. I don’t know a lot about offensive line play, (who does) but I know when this guy got hurt and was out for a couple of games this season, the 49ers offense just didn’t look the same. Let’s stay on the same team, with Christian McCaffery, I’m not just saying he should win the MVP because he was on my fantasy team and has 100 more points than the second running back on the list. This man takes a beating by having the most carries in the league and has had one of the best years a running back can have with all those carries. He has over 2,000 total yards with 21 total touchdowns. Brock Purdy would look deficient without CMC in that back field. Tyreek Hill was on pace for an NFL record breaking year up until these last few weeks where he has been dealing with a leg injury that has hindered him from breaking the NFL receiving record. But even with his injury his odds of winning the MVP shouldn’t be anywhere around Bailey Zappes. Who the hell is making these odds and thinks that Bailey Zappe of all people should win the MVP award over Tyreek Hill that’s outrageous. He’s on a 4-12 team with a 33.5 QBR!!!!!  

Let’s switch to the other side of the ball before I pop a blood vessel in my eye from sheer angry for every defense player in the league… Defense gets no love for this award ever. Which is completely unfair, what’s the old saying defense wins championships and what’s more important than championships? Nothing. There have been only two defensive players to win the MVP award in the history of the NFL, Alan Page in 1971 and Lawrence Taylor in 1986. If there is a year to give it to a defensive player this would be it. Myles Garrett has disrupted more backfields than Sean Conery has disrupted plots to end the world. What Myles Garrett does, doesn’t show up on any stat sheet or the cover of Vogue, he just puts his head down and disrupts the game so much that it makes it impossible for quarterbacks to do anything they want. Myles Garrett and The Browns defense kept that team alive to make a super bowl run. Speaking of defenses that has kept their teams alive in the playoff hunt, how about the T.J. Watt led Pittsburg Steelers. There is no rhyme or reason that the Steelers should have a winning record, well there isn’t any reason. T.J. Watt and that defense has kept them in games even with Mitchell Trubisky and Kenny Picket trying their darndest to lose them. With those QB’s it’s amazing Mike Tomlin still has never had a loosing record. He must be good at his job, maybe we should give him the MVP. He deserves it much more than Bailey Zappe does… How is he even on the List?...

In the end, it’s ok NFL we can just change the name from Most Valuable Player to Most Valuable QB if they are never going to give to any other position. I think everyone would understand because at this point it’s pretty much what it is. This year especially they should toss the award to another position, a lot of the QB’s went down with major injuries this year and Christian McCaffrey has a legitimate case for the MVP. He has been outstanding, it’s truly a shame that he won’t even be in the conversation for it this year. You and I both know that Lamar is going to end up lifting that award and you could say he some what deserves it after leading his team to the number one seed and a first round bye but you could say the same things about McCaffrey. Come on NFL let’s see a position other than QB win this award, there are other players out there that deserve it, none of which are named Bailey Zappe. I truly don’t know how Bailey Zappe is in any conversation for MVP or even on any odds board. Did Fox Sports just put him on there to piss people off, they had to know it would make some guy in the middle of Minnesota exploding with anger. In fact, my neighbor just stopped over and asked “Did you hear that? It sounded like a giant explosion?” through my shattered teeth I responded “oo yeah nothing to worry about, it was just my head exploding after I found out that Bailey Zappe has better odds than Tyreek Hill to win the NFL MVP.”