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I don’t believe Drake Maye will win the NFL Most Valuable Player award this season.
The suspicion here is that it’s going to go to Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, not just as an acknowledgment of his tremendous season, but as something of a career achievement award for the Canton-bound 37-year-old.
But I’ll tell you this. All sentiment aside for NFL elders, Maye absolutely should win it.
He is the single most important player to a team’s success in the league this season — especially relative to expectations — and it’s not particularly close.