Watt's a good player, but it's clear as the sky is blue that he's not the most valuable player in the NFL. His team's performance is way too poor for that to be the case. The stats show that his performance is really really good and he's in the range of other hall of fame level defensive players like Reggie White, Bruce Smith, and Lawrence Taylor. That said, it's clear why he's not MVP, if the texans had a QB on their team that was performing at the QB position as Watt has been performing as a d-lineman the texans would be perennial Superbowl favorites. As it is they're a team that's thought of as a borderline wildcard candidate. That fact in itself alone is why Watt is obviously not the MVP, he doesn't carry his team like a top QB can.

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