It’s a foregone conclusion for most football observers and betting oddsmakers that Lamar Jackson will be the 2019 NFL MVP. It shouldn’t be a surprise that a quarterback is the leading candidate. Only four of the last 20 awards and one of the last 12 have gone to non-quarterbacks, all of whom were running backs.
This year, the leading MVP contender outside of Jackson and Russell Wilson, with buzz building down the stretch, is Michael Thomas. Some are going as far as calling Thomas’ 2019 one of the greatest wide receiver seasons ever after the New Orleans Saints’ leading wideout broke Marvin Harrison’s 17-year-old receptions record Sunday.