argh! said:it has only been three games, but now he leads the nfl in catches (tied), yards, and td's.
argh! said:leading nfl in receptions, yards, td's, and more, mostly by a long ways. already named to pro bowl. the guy is having an amazing season, already broke the rams receptions record for a year.
SuperHornet said:Some Rams fans are over-reaching in stating that a Kupp win would make him the first ever WR to be MVP. Rice won it in 1987, another FCS player. Some are also claiming that Kupp can't win it because MVP is a QB-only award, but that's not true. They probably think that because in the last twenty years or so, only RB Adrian Peterson has won it. Personally, I don't see any QBs or RBs with a better resume than Kupp. No OL is a threat, as no lineman has won it since Lou "The Toe" Groza, and that was likely affected by his incredible kicking leg; the only other lineman to win was C-LBer Mel Hein, who was the first MVP. In fact, I don't think ANY defender has won MVP since the NFL went to a two-platoon concept. This could be Kupp's award to lose. I think he wins it in a runaway vote.
"Did Jerry Rice ever win MVP?Fahque said:SuperHornet said:Some Rams fans are over-reaching in stating that a Kupp win would make him the first ever WR to be MVP. Rice won it in 1987, another FCS player. Some are also claiming that Kupp can't win it because MVP is a QB-only award, but that's not true. They probably think that because in the last twenty years or so, only RB Adrian Peterson has won it. Personally, I don't see any QBs or RBs with a better resume than Kupp. No OL is a threat, as no lineman has won it since Lou "The Toe" Groza, and that was likely affected by his incredible kicking leg; the only other lineman to win was C-LBer Mel Hein, who was the first MVP. In fact, I don't think ANY defender has won MVP since the NFL went to a two-platoon concept. This could be Kupp's award to lose. I think he wins it in a runaway vote.
Elway was the 1987 NFL MVP https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm
Fahque said:SuperHornet said:Some Rams fans are over-reaching in stating that a Kupp win would make him the first ever WR to be MVP. Rice won it in 1987, another FCS player. Some are also claiming that Kupp can't win it because MVP is a QB-only award, but that's not true. They probably think that because in the last twenty years or so, only RB Adrian Peterson has won it. Personally, I don't see any QBs or RBs with a better resume than Kupp. No OL is a threat, as no lineman has won it since Lou "The Toe" Groza, and that was likely affected by his incredible kicking leg; the only other lineman to win was C-LBer Mel Hein, who was the first MVP. In fact, I don't think ANY defender has won MVP since the NFL went to a two-platoon concept. This could be Kupp's award to lose. I think he wins it in a runaway vote.
Elway was the 1987 NFL MVP https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm
EverettGriz said:Jonathan Taylor is the league’s MVP and it isn’t close.
Shady Brady will win it because, well, the photos he has of Goodell, of course.
Kupp certainly has to be in the discussion, but right now I think it's a three horse race between Brady, Rodgers, and Taylor.SuperHornet said:EverettGriz said:Jonathan Taylor is the league’s MVP and it isn’t close.
Shady Brady will win it because, well, the photos he has of Goodell, of course.
No way. First, I'd never even heard of Taylor until I looked him up. I won't take a 1,500-yard RB who has fumbled four times over a 1,600-yard WR with comparable TDs who has NOT fumbled all season....
AP is generally considered the official NFL MVP award, though.SuperHornet said:Fahque said:Elway was the 1987 NFL MVP https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm
That depends on the source. Four sources issued NFL MVP awards in 1987. The AP gave it to Smell-Way. The Pro Football Writers Association, Sporting News (now defunct), and Newspaper Enterprise Association (with their Jim Thorpe Award, now defunct) all awarded the MVP to Rice. Three out of four outdoes one, right?
SuperHornet said:EverettGriz said:Jonathan Taylor is the league’s MVP and it isn’t close.
Shady Brady will win it because, well, the photos he has of Goodell, of course.
No way. First, I'd never even heard of Taylor until I looked him up. I won't take a 1,500-yard RB who has fumbled four times over a 1,600-yard WR with comparable TDs who has NOT fumbled all season....
griz71 said:Kupp is ABSOLUTELY deserving to be in the mix. Remains to be seen how the decision maker (s) evaluate things.