Quote:If you subscribe to that logic, than you support that MVP should be renamed Best QB of the Year.

 

 

Quote:The arguments in this thread are hilarious.


I think what MVP means is the key. Watt may be the 'most valuable player' to his team. But the problem is, Houston isn't all that good of a team, so how much 'value' does he really hold in the league.


I hate Brady, but you take him away from the Pats and they're toast. You take Watt away and Houston is still the average to below average team they started out as.


Could a NFL defensive player win MVP? Absolutely. But I think it's got to be for a better team.

 

Right, Rico. Either Watt needs to be able to do for the texans what an elite QB does for his team, or he's not valuable enough as a player to be the MVP.

 

Put the most succinct way if the NFL suddenly voided all contracts and had a 54 round draft to choose all the players on all of the teams again and the texans were picking #1 overall and have a good GM they wouldn't take Watt, they'd take one of the elite QBs, not because Watt isn't one of the best defensively linemen in the league, but because he's simply not the most valuable player.

 

It really doesn't require any more thought than that. Watt's a great player, but he'll need to do much more than he's done so far to be anything more than fodder for the talking heads on ESPN and NFL network to try to drum up ratings at the end of another disappointing season for the texans.

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