Week 16 of the NFL season shall be headlined by a marquee Monday evening matchup between the league’s two finest groups: the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. And whereas each groups stand atop the league as Tremendous Bowl favorites, every staff additionally possesses an MVP-favorite quarterback.Â
“I believe it is a good little precursor to the Tremendous Bowl,” former NFL receiver Victor Cruz mentioned on Tuesday’s version of “The Carton Present.” “I believe the winner of this sport determines which quarterback wins MVP.”Â
Brock Purdy presently stands forward of Lamar Jackson because the MVP favourite. The Niners’ second-year quarterback leads the league in QBR (76.0) and passing touchdowns (29) whereas trailing solely Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa because the front-runner in passing yards (3,795).Â
In the meantime, Jackson is having a spectacular season of his personal and is on tempo to develop into the primary signal-caller in league historical past to complete with over 3,700 passing yards and 900 speeding yards in a season.Â
Each quarterbacks have led their groups to league-best 11-3 data to occupy the No. 1 seed of their respective conferences.Â
Nonetheless, the potential Tremendous Bowl matchup can even function one other identify concerned within the MVP dialog — San Francisco working again Christian McCaffrey.
“This [MVP race] is coming down to 3 gamers in my view,” “Undisputed” co-host Keyshawn Johnson mentioned Tuesday. “Three gamers on one evening — Lamar Jackson, Christian McCaffrey and Brock Purdy — whoever wins the sport, and the way properly they performed within the sport, will solidify the MVP.”Â
McCaffrey, who leads the league in speeding yards (1,292) and all-purpose yards (1,801), has been a key element in San Francisco’s offensive juggernaut. Exterior of Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, he’s the one non-QB place participant within the league’s top-10 MVP candidates.Â
The final working again to be named MVP was Adrian Peterson in 2012.
“For those who do not like Christian McCaffrey, you do not just like the place of working again,” Johnson emphasised. “You gotta be blind to not see his capacity and what he is in a position to do.”
“So, [the winner] comes all the way down to Monday [night’s outcome] for me.”
Whatever the end result, Monday evening’s extremely anticipated matchup is certain to be an thrilling bout between two of the NFL’s heavyweights.
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