In the wake of Derek Carr turning in a stinker of a performance on Thursday Night Football, the door is wide open for another man to grab the lead in the race for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award for 2016. Scribes all over the country were given fresh material for daily musings, a chance to ponder all sorts of MVP possibilities.
Into that open door Bill Barnwell strode with a feature story touting David Johnson as a better MVP prospect, indeed as a better running back, than Ezekiel Elliott.
I don't think you can vote for Elliott as MVP if he's not even the best running back in football, and there's a reasonable case to be made that the best running back in football this season is David Johnson.