After leading yet another comeback of 10-plus points in the Super Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won his third Super Bowl MVP award in five years.
While few dispute that Mahomes had an excellent performance (he finished with 399 all-purpose yards), some argue that a different player was more deserving of the MVP award. Count the New York Jets’ Sauce Gardner as one of those people.
Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie has arguably been the most popular alternative choice for MVP. Gardner agrees, writing on Twitter, “This might be a hot take, but I think Trent McDuffie should’ve been the Super [Bowl] MVP.