After the love-feat yesterday that made me wonder "is this worse than the Tebow effect?" I decided to do some checking, and in no way is JJ Watt deserving of the MVP. Not only does he not deserve the MVP, I don't even think he deserves the first defensive MVP vote since 2008. Here's why:


1) This guy didn't even lead the league in sacks, yet I'm supposed to call him the best player in the game, and believe that he's as good as Lawrence Taylor? Please.


2) Look at the stats, and you'll actually have to laugh at the thought of him being the MVP. 15 of his 20 sacks came against the AFC South, 6 against the Jags. We all know how bad the offensive lines are in the AFC South, so does 5 sacks against everyone else really scream MVP to you?


3) Everyone points to the TDs to support the MVP talk. Are you really that impressed with a huge guy, who used to play tight end, catching passes from a yard out? I'm not. If they would've handed it off to him, I would've been more impressed.


This isn't to say that JJ Watt isn't a very good and at times dominating player, but the Tebow-level of [BLEEP] kissing the media put on display yesterday and all the MVP talk is hogwash in my opinion.


I'll go a step further and say I think Justin Houston is better. He got 4 sacks yesterday, mostly on former first round pick DJ Fluker. JJ Watt meanwhile has gone up against the likes of Sam Young and Luke Joeckel.


The JJ Watt for MVP talk is a very Houston-like argument.

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