The race for the 2021 NFL MVP has been a tight one since the season’s commencement. Every week it seems various candidates put together impressive performances en route to the prestigious honor, which makes betting on the eventual recipient all the more difficult.
But in Week 9, it was actually the opposite. Many of the candidates either constructed poor showings or missed their respective games for one reason or another.
Josh Allen and the Bills lost and so did Matthew Stafford and the Rams. While Kyler Murray (ankle) and Aaron Rodgers (COVID-19) didn’t suit up, Dak Prescott, Derek Carr, and Joe Burrow also all suffered defeats.