Sure, the NFL's MVP award is fine. But let's just be honest: The most valuable quarterback is, almost by definition, the most valuable player. It's correctly a one-position award. The last time a non-QB won was 2012, when Adrian Peterson took home the honors. Before that, you have to go back to 2006, when LaDainian Tomlinson won it after posting 2,323 yards from scrimmage. The most recent defensive winner? Lawrence Taylor in 1986. You get the point.
This season is no different. It's between quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. It's when we exclude quarterbacks that the conversation gets really interesting.