Did Week 18 Coaching Strategies Determine the NFL MVP?

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00:00This is one where I can't get around it.

00:02You are supposed to, as a coach, look out for your players.

00:06Now, if it's a game where you have to win,

00:07which theoretically New England had to win,

00:09but this wasn't a, hey man, it's 16-15 entering into the fourth quarter.

00:14We just can't worry about Drake May's statistics for an MVP.

00:16We got to win this to keep up.

00:17I understand.

00:19That game was a blowout from jump to start.

00:20The Dolphins told you it was going to be a blowout by saying,

00:23look, Waddle's not playing.

00:24Tua's not playing in this football game.

00:25Not even Devon Achan is going to play in this football game.

00:27We're going to roll over for this, okay?

00:29And yet, you don't pad some stats for Drake May while the Rams understood,

00:34hey, Matthew Stafford, you're one of the best quarterbacks to ever do it.

00:37How about we hang an MVP on your mantle?

00:39Every chance we get in this game, which we have to win as well,

00:41we're going to let you throw touchdown passes.

00:43You went from a minus 500 or so as a favorite for Drake May

00:47before entering into week 18 for the MVP at certain outlets here.

00:50Now you take a look at this graphic.

00:52Matthew Stafford is a minus 175 favorite to win MVP,

00:56and Drake May is now a plus 140.

00:57It's rare you get chances to win an MVP,

00:59and when you have a layup game that your coach can call just a few passing plays

01:04inside the five-yard line to pad those stats and have you win it,

01:06and you don't do it, I think it's a terrible look for Mike Vrabel.

01:09I just do, Joe.

01:10What are your thoughts on this now?

01:12Can we get a, like, dual MVP?

01:15Can we get a co-MVP?

01:17Have we ever had a co-MVP?

01:18I mean, in the AFC, we have two MVPs.

01:24We got an AFC, we got MVPs.

01:25I mean, come on.

01:26It's like, it's, you knew it was happening, too, watching it go on.

01:31It was just that they had so much success running the ball,

01:35New England did, against Miami, where it was just like,

01:38and then Miami kept scoring and keeping the game close.

01:41It just, it was unfortunate the way it unfolded,

01:45but there was no doubt that McVay and company,

01:48he was going to play the majority of that game regardless

01:51and racked up four touchdowns in the process.

01:55Not a rushing touchdown.

01:56Four touchdown passes inside the red zone for touchdowns.

02:00That is how you do it, and that is experience with McVay for you.

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