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The NFL's non-QB MVPs: Why T.J. Watt leads the way -- and why Christian McCaffrey is missing

Non-quarterback MVP should be a real award in the NFL. Seriously.

I'd love to be a contrarian and bang the keyboard for a safety to win the actual MVP one year, but the boring take -- that quarterbacks are the only players deserving of MVP consideration -- is also the correct one. The value and variance of the QB position outpaces every other spot on the field by such a wide margin that the most valuable quarterback is almost by definition the most valuable player.

So we need to find a new way to credit the other playmakers on the field.