2023 NFL MVP watch: Dak Prescott maintains his lead but field narrows on inner-circle candidates

As the NFL works its way to the end of the 2023 regular season, the staffers here at CBSSports.com are keeping a close eye on the MVP race. As we usually do this time of year, we are once again releasing our weekly MVP watch, a poll of our writers and editors to determine whom we think will take home the hardware at the end of the year. 

Last week, Dak Prescott led the voting over Brock Purdy and Jalen Hurts. This week, Dak leads again, and he actually garnered two more first-place votes this time around despite fewer voters participating. But his lead only expanded narrowly this time around, thanks to consolidation of the field around him.

In case you need a reminder of how this works, here it is: Our panel of voters were each asked to submit their top five choices for MVP. To reflect the ranked-choice voting system now in place, a first-place vote was worth 5 points, a second-place vote worth 4, third-place worth 3, fourth-place worth 2, and fifth-place worth 1. The candidates were then ranked in order of their total voting points received. 

Without further ado, let’s get to the voting breakdown. (Here is last week’s version, for reference.)

The panel of voters: Jared Dubin, Will Brinson, Jeff Kerr, Cody Benjamin, Tyler Sullivan, Jordan Dajani, Bryan DeArdo, John Breech, Brett Anderson, Josh Edwards, Garrett Podell

The full MVP leaderboard

1. Cowboys QB Dak Prescott (48 points) Last Week: 1st

2. 49ers QB Brock Purdy (36) Last week: 2nd

3. Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill (29) Last Week: 3rd

4. 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (23) Last Week: 5th

5. Ravens QB Lamar Jackson (22) Last Week: 6th

6. Eagles QB Jalen Hurts (5) Last Week: 4th 

T-7. Bills QB Josh Allen (1) Last Week: NR

T-7. Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa (1) Last Week: NR

Dropped out: Texans QB C.J. Stroud,  Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes

Most first-place votes:

Dak Prescott (7 out of 11)
Tyreek Hill (2)
Brock Purdy, Lamar Jackson…

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Author : Jared Dubin

Publish date : 2023-12-13 14:41:17

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