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NFL Winners and Losers: Lamar Jackson is MVP, but Michael Thomas is having one of the greatest WR seasons ever

It’s too bad wide receivers can’t win NFL Most Valuable Player.

There’s no rule against a receiver winning, but it has never happened. Jerry Rice didn’t even get one. It would take something incredible for a receiver to take the NFL’s top award.

If it was a realistic possibility and Lamar Jackson didn’t exist in 2019, New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas would be a great pick as the first receiver to win NFL MVP.

Thomas is having one of the best seasons a receiver has ever had. His value was obvious in the fourth quarter Sunday.