NFL legend Rob Gronkowski does not need to hear your MVP opinion if it entails a quarterback this season.
“I don’t suppose there’s a deserving quarterback proper now,” Gronkowski informed Fox Information Digital. “There might be on the finish of the 12 months if somebody picks up their play and may be very, very in line with it.”
Whereas Gronkowski has some extent in pondering one or two quarterbacks will not be standing out within the NFL MVP race this season, odds from varied sportsbooks across the nation have the likes of San Francisco 49ers’ Brock Purdy, Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott, Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson and Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts as frontrunners for the award.
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Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys throws a go within the recreation in opposition to the Washington Commanders in the course of the first quarter at AT&T Stadium on November 23, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. (Richard Rodriguez/Getty Photos)
However as a former tight finish who appears sick of the quarterback getting the award yearly, he desires a ability participant to get it this 12 months.
Who precisely?
“What about Christian McCaffrey?” Gronkowski requested. “I imply, let’s give it to a ability participant for as soon as. These quarterbacks, they simply hand it to them as a result of they’re the most well-liked gamers out on the sphere at an important place, that’s for certain. Little question about that. However there’s nobody that’s constant sufficient this 12 months that’s well-deserved to get it.
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“So let’s give it to a ability participant, Christian McCaffrey, a man like him. He’s been scoring touchdowns each single recreation apart from one, and he boosts the San Francisco 49ers like no different. When he’s out, they misplaced these video games. So let’s give it to McCaffrey. He’s properly deserving.”
McCaffrey was +3000 to win the award, as of Thursday on FanDuel Sportsbook, however he actually has a case.
As Gronkowski talked about, McCaffrey has scored in each single 49ers recreation he is performed in besides one final season — a 34-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 12. That snapped a 17-game streak that had him tied for the NFL’s all-time scoring streak file.
Christian McCaffrey #23 of the San Francisco 49ers carries the ball in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the course of the fourth quarter of the sport at EverBank Stadium on November 12, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Photos)
He leads the NFL in speeding with 1,117 yards and has 12 touchdowns to his credit score. He exploded for 145 speeding yards in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 14.
Whereas McCaffrey’s contributions are essential to the 49ers, one different place participant is on tempo to interrupt an NFL file, giving him higher odds to win the award than McCaffrey.
Miami Dolphins extensive receiver Tyreek Hill is on tempo to interrupt the league’s receiving yards in a single season file, and probably turn out to be the primary 2,000-yard receiver in NFL historical past.
By means of 12 video games, he has 1,481 yards with 12 touchdowns, each league highs. With seven video games left, Hill is predicted to proceed choosing up chunk yardage together with his blazing velocity to interrupt Calvin Johnson’s file of 1,964 yards.
Rob Gronkowski #87 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stands in the course of the nationwide anthem previous to an NFC Divisional playoff recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, January 23, 2022, in Tampa, Florida. (Perry Knotts/Getty Photos)
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Whether or not it is Hill or McCaffrey, Gronkowski could be comfortable figuring out that the primary place participant since working again Adrian Peterson in 2012 received the award on the finish of the season.
