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FRISCO, Texas — NFL MVP discourse is all the rage now that the NFL regular season is in its final two weeks, and Dallas Cowboys three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons would like to weigh in on his favorite. He’d also like to critique the mindset attached to the way people perceive the award.
His 2024 NFL MVP favorite, on Thursday of Week 17, is Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Despite leading the NFL in numerous key statistics, Jackson only has the second-best odds (+155), according to DraftKings Sportsbook, trailing Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (-200). If the 2024 season ended today, Jackson’s 121.6 passer rating would rank as the second-best in a single season in NFL history, trailing only then-Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ 122.5 passer rating set in 2011, the first of his four NFL MVP seasons.
Jackson did win the 2023 NFL MVP award, his second, over Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott last season despite throwing 12 fewer touchdowns than Prescott’s league-leading 36. Last season, Jackson won on the strength of the Ravens’ 13-4 record, which was bolstered by a defense that was the NFL’s first ever to lead or co-lead the league in scoring defense (16.5 points per game allowed), sacks (60) and takeaways (31) in the same season.
“It’s a quarterback award, so it’s probably going to be Lamar [Jackson]. If it wasn’t for team success, it should be Joe Burrow, but Lamar is going to win. I think Lamar should win,” Parsons said. “What he’s doing right now, it’ll be a shame if he doesn’t win. They basically are saying he shouldn’t have won last year, but he won, so he shouldn’t win this year even though he got the numbers to win. I think the writers be a little, the people who get to vote are a little backward sometimes. Lamar should be MVP for sure.”
Jackson leads the NFL in touchdown-to-interception ratio (39-4), pass yards per attempt (8.9) and passer rating…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-12-27 14:51:00
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