When considering the MVP award in a lost year, you’re really talking about the kind of players who help the team weather bad stretches and excel during the good ones. Ideally, these are the indispensable players, the ones central to the team’s identity and great no matter how poorly the team around them is faring.
Here are our picks for 2019. You’ll notice a theme.
The Falcons had yet another uneven year with the offense never really getting out of second gear. Julio Jones should just get the MVP every season but Grady Jarrett took another big step after signing his blockbuster deal.