Time to Eliminate the MVP for Quarterbacks and Create the Johnny Unitas Award

December 30, 2014   ·   Noah Jampol   ·   Jump to comments

Aaron Rodgers will win the MVP this year.
If there was any shred of doubt, it was removed when he showed his toughness and resilience by returning from injury in a pivotal Week 17 matchup vs. the Detroit Lions. Contest over—he’ll coast to the award.
Still, even if Rodgers had played merely mediocre, he was almost certainly winning that award. And if he stunk and the Lions won, maybe someone else had a chance. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Tony Romo—it could have been one of those guys.
What do they all have in common? They’re quarterbacks—the position that will so thoroughly dominate the MVP award for years to come that it should be renamed to MVQ, Most Valuable Quarterback, so we can end the delusion for once and for all.
It makes sense to a point. That I won’t argue. A quarterback has the biggest effect on the field of any player. You can’t double- or triple-team a quarterback. You can’t put nine defenders in the box to...

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