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Well, if you HAVE to give the award to a QB, there are a number of signal callers outperforming Cam: Carlson Palmer, Aaron Rodgers, Blake Bortles, Phillip Rivers, Russell Wilson, Andy Dalton, Tom Brady. All those QB's are performing better and more efficiently than Cam, and it really isn't close. QB rating, ESPN QBR, completion percentage, TD:INT, yards per attempt, etc... name the metric, and the only one Cam would lead in is total TD's (28 passing TD's, 7 rushing TD's). In fact, other than his passing TD count, Cam isn't performing any better than he has in his past 4 seasons. He's making big plays when he needs to, but statistically, he's not MVP material.
In fact, the same caveats people throw at Wilson, are the exact caveats Cam is benefiting from and more: a Top 5 defense and a baby-soft schedule within a cotton-soft division. The Panthers strength of schedule was ranked 27th coming into the season. And yet, 6 of those games were decided by less than 10 points, mostly against inferior opponents. The only major wins they have are against the Seahawks and Packers, both of which were under 10 points. And in all of their victories, Cam has only had a completion percentage over 60% in just five games. For comparison, Wilson had a completion percentage under 60% only ONCE (Cardinals) and for the season, he's near 70%. Cam is at 59.4% on the season.
And lastly, on an undefeated team, you'd think that there would be more candidates for the award. Luke Kuechly, Josh Norman, etc... Hell, Ron Rivera would win MVP if coaches could win it. But, we really want to give the QB automatically, especially one who hasn't even been performing all that well compared not only to his own peers at the position, but hasn't even outperformed his rookie season?
Explain to me how giving the best defensive player in all levels of football the MVP award makes no sense.
Well, if you HAVE to give the award to a QB, there are a number of signal callers outperforming Cam: Carlson Palmer, Aaron Rodgers, Blake Bortles, Phillip Rivers, Russell Wilson, Andy Dalton, Tom Brady. All those QB's are performing better and more efficiently than Cam, and it really isn't close. QB rating, ESPN QBR, completion percentage, TD:INT, yards per attempt, etc... name the metric, and the only one Cam would lead in is total TD's (28 passing TD's, 7 rushing TD's). In fact, other than his passing TD count, Cam isn't performing any better than he has in his past 4 seasons. He's making big plays when he needs to, but statistically, he's not MVP material.
In fact, the same caveats people throw at Wilson, are the exact caveats Cam is benefiting from and more: a Top 5 defense and a baby-soft schedule within a cotton-soft division. The Panthers strength of schedule was ranked 27th coming into the season. And yet, 6 of those games were decided by less than 10 points, mostly against inferior opponents. The only major wins they have are against the Seahawks and Packers, both of which were under 10 points. And in all of their victories, Cam has only had a completion percentage over 60% in just five games. For comparison, Wilson had a completion percentage under 60% only ONCE (Cardinals) and for the season, he's near 70%. Cam is at 59.4% on the season.
And lastly, on an undefeated team, you'd think that there would be more candidates for the award. Luke Kuechly, Josh Norman, etc... Hell, Ron Rivera would win MVP if coaches could win it. But, we really want to give the QB automatically, especially one who hasn't even been performing all that well compared not only to his own peers at the position, but hasn't even outperformed his rookie season?
Explain to me how giving the best defensive player in all levels of football the MVP award makes no sense.
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