Sam Darnold, MVP and NFL
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Another week, another favorite to win the NFL MVP. After Drake Maye took the top spot in Week 10 after the New England Patriots moved to 8-2, and he built on th
Sam Darnold is proving that last season was no fluke, leading the Seattle Seahawks to the best record in the NFC.
Sam Darnold's near-perfect performance has put him in the MVP race, but a different QB has taken the No. 1 spot in the MVP stock watch.
Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Matthew Stafford (who basically leads in most important QB stats), Justin Herbert, and Baker Mayfield also have cases to be made, which makes it a crowded room, and Darnold doesn't have a leg up on some of these players.
Athlon Sports NFL analysts Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling discuss the MVP worthiness of Darnold, Maye and a few other candidates.
The latest episode of “The Athletic Football Show” focuses on an unlikely MVP contender who refuses to fall back in the ongoing race.
Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus listed his top eight candidates for NFL MVP entering Week 11. The name at the top is quarterback Matthew Stafford of the Rams, who has thrown 20 TD passes and zero interceptions in his last six games.