Debating NFL MVP: Is Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen Deserving?

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00:00And I've gotten some flack about this, I suppose, but like to me, Lamar Jackson is not even

00:08the MVP of his own team.

00:10To me, that is Derrick Henry.

00:11It's been Derrick Henry all season long.

00:14And I think that only, even if you disagree with that, I think it only further supports

00:18Josh Allen's case because he doesn't have a Derrick Henry.

00:22He doesn't have anything close to a Derrick Henry on that team.

00:25I mean, he's largely done this by himself.

00:28And also, some of the wins are more impressive.

00:30Obviously, the only team to hand the Chiefs a loss.

00:33I just think they've played a tougher, more daunting schedule and have, you know, obviously

00:39run away with a bad division, but have contended until now for the overall, the one seed, the

00:46top overall seed in the AFC.

00:49The Ravens, they're a good team.

00:51Don't get me wrong.

00:52And if they go on a nice deep playoff run, even win a Super Bowl, I'm not going to

00:55sit here and be shocked by that.

00:57But Lamar is not doing it by himself.

00:59He is not the MVP of the league.

01:01Not this year.

01:02He's been there before.

01:03Not this year.

01:04Well, you make a great point.

01:07He's not the MVP of his own team, as far as I'm concerned.

01:10A 30-year-old running back that is going to finish, what, with 200 yards short of 2,000,

01:18which has never been done with anybody even close to 30 years old at the running back

01:23spot.

01:24I mean, the year that Derrick Henry and Saquon are having, only Saquon is younger, is unbelievable.

01:30Without Derrick Henry, this Ravens team and Lamar Jackson are not having the confidence

01:36that they are.

01:37So that's a good point.

01:38But also this narrative switches every time we see one of the two guys play.

01:44Every time we see Lamar play, oh my God, he's the MVP.

01:47Now we're going to see Josh Allen play this week against the Jets.

01:50We're going to be like, oh my God, just give him the MVP.

01:53It just switches every time these two guys play.

01:56So let's just all settle down.

01:58They've been wanting to give Josh Allen this award for the last couple of years.

02:04They have a reason to give it to him this year.

02:06I'm pretty sure Josh Allen is walking away with the MVP, no matter what happens in the playoffs.