WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.210 --> 00:00:02.250 - We have four weeks left in the NFL season, 2 00:00:02.250 --> 00:00:06.000 and DJ and I agree it's a two-horse race for NFL MVP. 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:07.599 And we agree on which one- 4 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:08.432 - Absolutely. 5 00:00:08.432 --> 00:00:09.723 - Is gonna win it. It's 6 00:00:09.723 --> 00:00:11.190 Patrick Mahomes. - Jalen Hurts. 7 00:00:11.190 --> 00:00:13.290 My pick for NFL MVP, Jalen Hurts. 8 00:00:13.290 --> 00:00:15.840 Through the first 14 weeks of the NFL season, 9 00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:16.673 what's he thrown? 10 00:00:16.673 --> 00:00:19.309 22 touchdowns, ran for 10, 32 total. 11 00:00:19.309 --> 00:00:20.580 How many interceptions? 12 00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:21.510 Only three. 13 00:00:21.510 --> 00:00:22.343 Mahomes is great. 14 00:00:22.343 --> 00:00:23.760 I think he is the best quarterback in the NFL. 15 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:25.650 But right now, Hurts is playing the best, 16 00:00:25.650 --> 00:00:28.020 he's doing everything for the Philadelphia Eagles. 17 00:00:28.020 --> 00:00:29.190 Best record in the NFL, 18 00:00:29.190 --> 00:00:30.360 nobody saw this coming. 19 00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:31.620 I mean, he has outperformed 20 00:00:31.620 --> 00:00:33.030 anyone's expectations of him 21 00:00:33.030 --> 00:00:34.680 and anyone's expectations of the Eagles, in total. 22 00:00:34.680 --> 00:00:37.410 - What DJ described, I think is the best player. 23 00:00:37.410 --> 00:00:40.230 And that's different than the NFL MVP award, 24 00:00:40.230 --> 00:00:42.090 because it's valuable. 25 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:44.520 You take one player out of their team, 26 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.410 and whose stock falls the most? 27 00:00:46.410 --> 00:00:48.180 I think it's still the Kansas City Chiefs. 28 00:00:48.180 --> 00:00:51.300 You can't get numb to the fact of how great Mahomes is 29 00:00:51.300 --> 00:00:54.570 as an argument against him for NFL MVP. 30 00:00:54.570 --> 00:00:56.610 What he's doing is nothing short of spectacular. 31 00:00:56.610 --> 00:00:59.700 He is human, and we have seen more of his faults 32 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:01.950 than we have seen of Hurts due to this rise. 33 00:01:01.950 --> 00:01:05.400 However, I still think what he's doing 34 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:07.440 elevates the Chiefs beyond belief. 35 00:01:07.440 --> 00:01:08.273 - You're allowed to think, 36 00:01:08.273 --> 00:01:09.780 but you're also allowed to think wrong. 37 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:13.050 I know that Patrick Mahomes is second. 38 00:01:13.050 --> 00:01:14.880 - [Eric] You look at the Eagles as a whole, 39 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:18.090 the Eagles have way more pieces to support Hurts 40 00:01:18.090 --> 00:01:21.120 than Mahomes has in support in Kansas City. 41 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.520 No more Tyreek Hill, the run game has been suspect, 42 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:25.830 their offensive line hasn't been great all year. 43 00:01:25.830 --> 00:01:27.840 And yes, they do have Travis Kelce, 44 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:29.160 and that defense is improving, 45 00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:32.010 but that defense was in the toilet this time last year. 46 00:01:32.010 --> 00:01:34.170 So having a bunch of okay pieces around them, 47 00:01:34.170 --> 00:01:36.690 and the glue of Mahomes, makes him the most valuable. 48 00:01:36.690 --> 00:01:38.040 - I think it's idealistic to think 49 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.340 that the NFL MVP goes to, you know, the best player, 50 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:43.380 or the team that needs him the most. 51 00:01:43.380 --> 00:01:44.820 But let's be honest, in years past, 52 00:01:44.820 --> 00:01:46.170 it's gone to the best player 53 00:01:46.170 --> 00:01:48.600 on the top two or three teams in the NFL. 54 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:50.736 And right now, there's no one you could say 55 00:01:50.736 --> 00:01:53.160 who's done it better than Jalen Hurts. 56 00:01:53.160 --> 00:01:54.810 - [Eric] As long as you're a quarterback, to be fair. 57 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:56.289 - Yeah, it's obviously quarterbacks, 58 00:01:56.289 --> 00:01:57.122 otherwise it'd be Justin Jefferson. 59 00:01:57.122 --> 00:01:58.230 - It should've been Cooper Kupp last year. 60 00:01:58.230 --> 00:01:59.926 - Stuck with Kirk Cousins. - Yeah. 61 00:01:59.926 --> 00:02:04.350 - But, there's just no comparison for what he's done. 62 00:02:04.350 --> 00:02:06.180 He's basically been a workman-like version 63 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:07.560 of Lamar Jackson all season. 64 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:09.427 He's run for more yards in 2022 65 00:02:10.269 --> 00:02:12.270 than Mahomes has in the last two years. 66 00:02:12.270 --> 00:02:13.740 He's put the entire team on his back. 67 00:02:13.740 --> 00:02:14.850 I mean, not to be too cliché, 68 00:02:14.850 --> 00:02:16.275 but I guess I've already done it. 69 00:02:16.275 --> 00:02:17.340 And there's just- 70 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:19.186 - Same thing Patty's done for the last four years. 71 00:02:19.186 --> 00:02:21.417 - [DJ] But this is a 2022 award, not the last four years. 72 00:02:21.417 --> 00:02:23.160 - [Eric] And has done it better than Hurts this year. 73 00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:24.060 - Absolutely not. 74 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:25.710 What's the team record? 75 00:02:25.710 --> 00:02:26.927 - You're basing a team record on an individual award. 76 00:02:26.927 --> 00:02:27.930 - A team record, no, no, no, no, no. 77 00:02:27.930 --> 00:02:30.360 We can't give quarterbacks credit when they win, 78 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.910 and then when they lose, like as a team, it's a team game. 79 00:02:32.910 --> 00:02:34.311 - But it's an individual award. 80 00:02:34.311 --> 00:02:35.144 - All right. 81 00:02:35.144 --> 00:02:37.470 - You don't give it to the best team, or else, 82 00:02:37.470 --> 00:02:39.270 you know, who would it have been last year? 83 00:02:39.270 --> 00:02:40.380 It would've been Josh Allen. 84 00:02:40.380 --> 00:02:41.400 You know, he didn't win it. 85 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:42.510 - But, as usual. 86 00:02:42.510 --> 00:02:43.890 I'm right, he's wrong. 87 00:02:43.890 --> 00:02:44.910 What do you guys think? 88 00:02:44.910 --> 00:02:45.743 Thanks for watching. 89 00:02:45.743 --> 00:02:47.340 And stick with Deadspin for more.