Most Valuable Player is an award whose definition is widely debated. Does it mean the best player on the field? Does it mean the player that provided the most value to a team in game? Is it a player that proved he is the most valuable player in the locker room either by his play or by his absence?
The Detroit Lions’ 2019 season provides the perfect setting for this debate. Did Matthew Stafford prove to be the team’s MVP by not only providing stellar play in the first eight game, but with Detroit’s ugly 0-8 finish without him?