Quote: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.

 

I get what you're saying but I don't think that's an entirely fair assessment (If I'm understanding you correctly, that is). By that logic, only elite QBs should ever win the MVP award and I don't think that's what you're trying to imply. I honestly think there is some disparity between what a true MVP is and what the NFL MVP award seems to stand for. If we're looking at true, text-book definition of MVP, I think the winner should have been Aaron Rodgers. JJ Watt is more of the "best football player on the field" type guy and that's what I believe to be reflected in him winning this award.

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